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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.

6 of 249 comments (clear)

  1. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    the phish listen to you

  2. IN MODERN-DAY FRANCE... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ... you can listen to Phish mp3s all day long because you're unemployed.

  3. Too bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Phish sucks cock.

  4. IN COMMUNIST AMERICA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    the phish pay to listen to you

  5. phish lacks talent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    phish lacks skill completely, how much drus do you have to do to like them? God damn.

    http://www.geocities.com/babygurljulie/julie1.jp g -WOW

  6. The same policy used by The Grateful Dead by Krueger+Industrial+S · · Score: -1, Troll

    The Grateful Dead always allowed people to tape their shows and made concert recordings widely available. Why? Because nobody cares about their crap music anyway, so people disributing their music doesn't hurt them. Ditto Phish.