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Phish to Sell Downloads of Concerts

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the not-just-on-tapes-anymore dept.

zzyzx writes "Phish have a new system for distributing their music. At livephish.com they will be selling their soundboard concert recordings. Most 2-3 hour concerts will cost $10 to download in mp3 format, $13 to download in the lossless shn format. What makes this interesting is that they're putting no DRM on these files at all. How are they protecting themselves? One paragraph in their Faq: 'Live Phish Downloads relies on an honor system, and we ask that you do not abuse the unrestricted nature of these files. If you would like to see this type of delivery of shows continue and flourish, please respect our taping policy and don't abuse the system.'" The honor system has served them well in the past, what with allowing their fans to record their concerts while also selling both studio and live albums.

3 of 249 comments (clear)

  1. Fuck all of you dope smoking hippies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    BTW, can you hook me up?

  2. IN NAZI GERMANY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you get SHOT for listening to phish!

  3. How the hell is this supposed to... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... get Mandrakesoft out of it's financial crisis? Can we please concentrate on what is most important --- again bailing out a company sinking under the weight of self-pity and a distinct lack of business acumen?

    Thank you.