Comments on: Free digital music initiative http://www.upstartblogger.com/free-digital-music-initiative Successful Blogging Made Simple Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:28:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: chris http://www.upstartblogger.com/free-digital-music-initiative/comment-page-1#comment-19456 chris Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:16:40 +0000 http://www.upstartblogger.com/free-digital-music-initiative#comment-19456 i wouldn't necessarily put imogen on the same list...her last album was made whilst tweeting, often taking input from fans and using that to guide the direction of her music. she put partial tracks up for her fans to listen to and give her feedback on. and when the new album was released, she provided a page on her website to stream the whole album. no, accessing the files aren't free -- but it's "free" in a Chris Anderson "Free" sense -- free in a format that may not be ideal to the user, but is nonetheless free, and draws attention and sales to the product, in this case a physical disc. i wouldn’t necessarily put imogen on the same list…her last album was made whilst tweeting, often taking input from fans and using that to guide the direction of her music. she put partial tracks up for her fans to listen to and give her feedback on. and when the new album was released, she provided a page on her website to stream the whole album. no, accessing the files aren’t free — but it’s “free” in a Chris Anderson “Free” sense — free in a format that may not be ideal to the user, but is nonetheless free, and draws attention and sales to the product, in this case a physical disc.

]]> By: Kristoffer Nolgren http://www.upstartblogger.com/free-digital-music-initiative/comment-page-1#comment-19455 Kristoffer Nolgren Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:59:37 +0000 http://www.upstartblogger.com/free-digital-music-initiative#comment-19455 I see what you are doing here, rasing copyright issues is a powerful way to gain attention, specially here in sweden, where the pirateparty has gained quite some attention. A possible way to expand this method could be to raise awareness of how the record labels/hollywood are trying to silence free speach to maintain the monopoly. Look in to ACTA for example. I'd also recommend Rick Falkvinges english blog, that keeps track of some interesting news. I see what you are doing here, rasing copyright issues is a powerful way to gain attention, specially here in sweden, where the pirateparty has gained quite some attention.

A possible way to expand this method could be to raise awareness of how the record labels/hollywood are trying to silence free speach to maintain the monopoly. Look in to ACTA for example. I’d also recommend Rick Falkvinges english blog, that keeps track of some interesting news.

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