Pearl Jam has actually moved away from Sony. Their latest album was released independently, and their label contract has run its course and finished. They may have worked with Sony (their former label) to make the video, but they now own their content, and I'm sure that's why they were able to get it shared under the CC license. If they were still actually with Sony, no way this would have happened, since the band I'm sure has wanted to do things like this for ages.
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Pearl Jam has actually moved away from Sony. Their latest album was released independently, and their label contract has run its course and finished. They may have worked with Sony (their former label) to make the video, but they now own their content, and I'm sure that's why they were able to get it shared under the CC license. If they were still actually with Sony, no way this would have happened, since the band I'm sure has wanted to do things like this for ages.