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Free Nine Inch Nails album!
Hey, who pays for music these days anyway? That's why you can forget the last Nine Inch Nails' record, the instrumental double-disc "Ghosts I-IV," which was released via the Internet with a variety of pricing options (ranging from a partial version for free to a limited edition package for $300). NIN's new album, "The Slip," is available now at nin.com as a free download. And like "Ghosts" and the band's previous record "Year Zero," "The Slip" allows listeners to create their own remixes/reinterpretations of the files, which can then be shared with other NIN fans without any restrictions or threat of copyright infringement.
At a time when some in the record industry are so worried about falling sales, it certainly feels good to have musicians giving back to the fans and not worrying about the bottom line. (Singer Trent Reznor remarks in a press release, "Thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years. This one's on me.") Of course, that's easier to do when you've been around for more than a decade and don't need radio-friendly hits to maintain your audience.
What do you think of bands releasing music for free on the Internet? Does it help the industry or hurt already-declining CD sales? Will "The Slip" make you even more excited to see NIN at Lollapalooza?
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