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Phantom Menace Soundtrack - First MP3 Single -Pulled

Posted by Hemos on from the time-for-the-/.-effect dept.

MartinD writes "Theforce.net has a link up to the first released track from "Episode One". Get the single and start listening. " Have I ever mentioned how much I like electronic distribution? Of course, if you read the page, you can find that the RIAA has made them pull it. Yep-time to troll the newsgroups for it.

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  1. intellectual property by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2

    It's really pretty pathetic that people will go to such lengths to violate intellectual property/copyright laws.

    I'd bet good money that *some* of these same people are the first to howl when there's even a slight perceived infringement on the GPL. The interesting thing is that initially releasing anything under one of the various open-source or "free" models is a choice; code, music and such are not open automatically, but only if their authors choose to make them so. Likewise, if an author/owner of a piece of music, code, film, whaever chooses to make those items non-free, that's also a choice, and that should be respected (and vigorously defended) by the same community that so stridently defends the GPL and other similar licenses.

    So be adult about all of this, don't download the MP3, don't advocate piracy, and respect the rights of Lucas, Williams and any other artist.

  2. Watch out for the spoilers in the tracks names! by Smack · · Score: 3

    The page with the mp3 has the whole list -- just don't scroll down.

  3. You Lamers! by Cid+Highwind · · Score: 2

    Then why isn't it George Lucas and/or John Williams demanding that it be taken down?

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  4. You can download it here... by Modnar · · Score: 3

    Well, damn me if you want but here's a fast site with the Duel of the Fates MP3 for download:

    http://home.san.rr.com/mosespa/

    Just go to the soundtracks section and then to Episode 1.

  5. MIRROR: Duel of the Fates by slashdot-me · · Score: 2

    Here it is:
    http://www.ryans.dhs.org

    Oh, and the RIAA can bite my ass.


    http://www.ryans.dhs.org

  6. Star Wars, MP3, RIAA by Cruciform · · Score: 2

    I listened to the MP3 yesterday afternoon at work... while not quite my style, I enjoyed a taste of what is to come. It's nice to be able to hear different kinds of music so easily over the net.
    Which is why the RIAA grates on my nerves. They claim MP3's are cutting into record sales. Fine. Less kids are buying CDs becase they can listen to them on their computers.
    What about working professionals who buy CDs regularly. I bought 8 cds over the weekend. If it wasn't for MP3's floating around the net letting me hear things I never would pick up in a record store, I doubt I would have purchased that many.
    Hell, I may even get that Madonna tribute CD after hearing a couple of the songs... and I *despise* that pop/top40 junk :)
    So the RIAA can kiss my ass.

  7. Mirror Up by Sean · · Score: 2
    I've put Duel of the Fates up at http://projects.shn.nu/misc/. And there was much rejoicing.

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