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Band Invites Music Copying

Posted by Zonk on from the distribution-to-the-people dept.

R C writes "The BBC is currently running a story about the band Carbon Silicon, including former members of The Clash and Generation X. The report claims that the band is encouraging fans to download tracks, demos, and works in progress from their website . Talking of re-capturing the culture of recording a tape to lend to your friends, they believe that the free availability of their music won't affect sales, and that the availability extra material like tracks in development will attract and engage even more fans."

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  1. Re:OSS by Kynmore · · Score: 5, Informative

    That's why the Creative Commons was conceived. Check it out here

  2. Novel idea? by yotto · · Score: 4, Informative

    Wow! Too bad Nobody else does this!

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  3. Haven't we heard this before? by Xtifr · · Score: 4, Informative

    Like the Grateful Dead? And all the bands that followed their lead, giving us over 1000 different bands with music on the Internet Archive's Live Music Archive, and thousands more that allow their music to be legally traded on the Etree Torrent server?

    Ok, so you may say that's just live music, but if you want studio music, there's the Internet Archive (again) with Netlabels and Open Source Audio. I'm sorry, but I'm not seeing the news here.

  4. Internet Archive Open Source Audio by Xtifr · · Score: 5, Informative

    Link here. They've only got about 6800 recordings so far, but it's only going to get bigger.

  5. The Offspring tried to do this by MBAFK · · Score: 4, Informative


    I remember The Offspring tried to give away an album in 2000 as mp3s on their website but had the idea shot to shit by their record label.

    Sony Forces The Offspring to Cancel MP3 Giveaway.