Trent Reznor Encourages Illegal Downloading, Smashing Pumpkins Add Dates, Gwen Stefani Ushers in Return of “Pop Up Video” |
| Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm |
| Tags: rock news, afternoon news roundup |
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Trent Reznor, still angry that his record label continues to price Year Zero CDs in Australia for roughly the same amount it costs Americans to buy actual CD players, told fans at a Sydney concert that he gives them his blessing to steal his music, either by means of five-finger discount or illegal downloading. Similarly, Reznor told fans in Beijing to just download the tracks rather than buying pirated albums. My record label all around the world hates me, Reznor said with great pride to concertgoers in Sydney. Perhaps in response to Reznor's steal my music claim, Spiralfrog, the ad-supported free digital music service, will finally launch today after months of testing. The service will pay record companies a portion of the ad revenues in exchange for the free access to their libraries. The service is not available to Apple users, so Mac users abroad looking for Year Zero should Google the word Soulseek. VH1's music-videos-plus-trivia show Pop Up Video [ Full article ] |
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