"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Nine Inch Nails Sells Out Of $300 Deluxe Edition In Under Two Days
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> | Now, before some people start complaining that this will only work for
> big
> | name bands, there's an easy response to that: these days, the way to
> become a
> | big band is to get your music out there. Newer bands can easily give
> away
> | music as a promotion to get attention, build up a following, and throw
> in
> | these types of options as they get bigger. Besides, smaller,
> less-well-known
> | acts still have plenty of other offerings they can use to make money,
> even as
> | a smaller band.
> `----
>
> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080304/162842435.shtml
Selling their 'deluxe edition' for $300 a pop. How exactly is this anything
at all like the open-source model?
Then again... content or accuracy isn't important to you since your masters
pay you by the post.
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