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By: Through the LCD clearly » Blog Archive » Franz Ferdinand’s Gift of Sound and Vision?

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:43:36 +0000

[...] on to today: Torrent freak had a piece on the band telling fans to “point their browsers towards Limewire, soon kiddies!” The piece they are referring to is a cover of David Bowie’s Sound and Vision, I went through the [...]

By: Copyright violation = Viral marketing »

[...] artists like Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and Franz Ferdinand have recognized this and smaller artists simply depend word-of-mouth to survive. In an interview [...]

By: keith brown

keith brown — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:33:59 +0000

Maybe I don’t understand, but I don’t see how it’s right for Franz Ferdinand to give away something that isn’t theirs. The song belongs to David Bowie – and it would seem that the recording belongs to the BBC.
If they want to record one of their own songs (using their own means) and encourage people to help themselves, then bravo.
Otherwise, it’s like bartender giving away drinks – scummy.

By: Remixtures » Blog Archive » Franz Ferdinand incentivam pirataria das suas mÃºsicas

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:46:27 +0000

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By: Franz Ferdinand Encourages Fans to Pirate New Track « Music Top News

Franz Ferdinand Encourages Fans to Pirate New Track « Music Top News — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:05:28 +0000

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By: Shay

Shay — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:20:37 +0000

YAY GUYS most musicians get up themselves and go now we want more money so DONT download our music play at least $22.95 even if u only like one song and the rest if the cd is absolute shit

By: As distintas formas de se tratar os fÃ£s « Sete letras mais tarde

As distintas formas de se tratar os fÃ£s « Sete letras mais tarde — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:22:12 +0000

[...] para os fÃ£s. Com direito a link no Torrent. JÃ¡ o Franz Ferdinand incentiva os fÃ£s a baixarem sua nova mÃºsica, “1977″ (cover de David [...]

By: zappy

zappy — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:08:49 +0000

[quote comment="149720"]Alex Krapanos has a very good point there, I remember buying an album just because I heard the single on the radio and being terribly disappointed by the rest of the songs.
Didn’t happen with Franz Ferdinand or for example Arctic Monkeys, I downloaded their albums, listen the rest of the tracks then I bought the album. You can’t afford the surprire when a record cost 20 euros, can you?[/quote]

Strange..most parties offer samples of the tracks. Otherwise first go to http://daz.com and check the samples overthere…

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:59:22 +0000

Nope, they’re not promoting piracy. It’s their song. They promote the downloading of their work through channels not affiliated with their record label. This can only be piracy if they signed a contract prohibiting them from doing so.

Somehow I doubt that they would risk their record deal by doing that.

Anyway, it’s cool that it gets people thinking about the alternative way to view copyright.

By: Yoshimitsu

Yoshimitsu — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:31:25 +0000

Very nice! Very nice! Bands promoting piracy. The RIAA and MPAA dont stand a chance against P2P, the people are the majority, not the government. The MPAA continues to run on the hamster wheel they call progress. They make me laugh.

By: resist - cleveland design » Blog Archive » Franz Ferdinand Wants You to Download Their Music

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:01:03 +0000

[...] This is almost exactly what I’ve been saying all along. Giving consumers the ability to download individual tracks should eventually kill the pop music industry model of “2 decent singles on an otherwise shitty album.” If I wanted to buy a really great t-shirt, I wouldn’t be forced to buy an ugly pair of pants and flip flops to go with it. [...]

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Doobybrain.com » Wednesday Hits — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:52:46 +0000

[...] Franz Ferdinand is ok with downloading music. [...]

By: The Great Geek Manual News » Franz Ferdinand Encourage Fans to Pirate New Track

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:23:59 +0000

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Yarrr: Franz Ferdinand Tells Fans To Pirate Away — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:05:38 +0000

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By: lee

lee — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:48:07 +0000

[quote comment="149762"][quote]I like the idea that, because of downloading, people are going to [b]buy[/b] songs only if they are good. I think that’s a positive thing.[/quote]

That says to me they really don’t mean pirate they mean download it from iTunes after you have payed for it.[/quote]

Says to me they mean pirate it and then buy it if you liked it, try before you buy

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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:20:09 +0000

[...] – FRANZ FERDINAND are encouraging people to steal their latest track, a cover of DAVID BOWIE’S “Sound and Vision.” (TorrentFreak) [...]

By: Section8

Section8 — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:20:29 +0000

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By: Section8

Section8 — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:01:13 +0000

[quote comment="149928"][quote comment="149905"][quote comment="149804"]Do they as the artists, hold the copyright? If so it is neither piracy or illegal. Its their song the can do what the hell they like with it. Also, I get tired of people banding piracy and filesharing about as if it were the same thing, its not, and the sooner a clear distinction is made between the two, the better it will be for filesharers.[/quote]

There is a extremely fine line between pirates and filesharers that it would be some crazy number like 10 million to 1, pirates to filesharers. Thats if you consider a pirate of anyone that has EVER downloaded copyrighted content of any kind[/quote]

We are sharing files from our computer to others all over the world free of charge… well partly free… we still have to pay the cable or dsl internet every month… unless someone knows something that Im being left out on.

What ever happen to freedom to learn and having the right to aquire knowlage without permission? We pay these outragous prices for internet to cover a “small” portion of what we download for the most part. But others… ehh.. Ither way, even if they do draw that almost invisible line lots of people are still going to be called pirates because they are attempting to “give” things way with no profit to the goverments.

Keep in mind… its the goverments that are doing this… they are not getting their “50cents” for every song program game and movie that we are downloading so now they are waiting to see who bribes them with the most money to side with them… at this point with so many torrent sites shutting down… looks like the Anti-Piracy groups are paying the most. Mabby we should keep downloading but instead of paying for these things we send a small portion to a Pro-Piracy group to bribe the goverment… who knows we might be able to shut these anti-piracy fuckers down.

Random babble..[/quote]

I think you missed my point mate. Im no where near anti-pirate pro-filesharer. I personally haven’t bought anything besides my Internet connection and burnable DVD’s for a good solid year now

Filesharer in my view are doing it by the law and dont break any civil or otherwise

By: soullexx

soullexx — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:50:23 +0000

isn’t limewire dead?

By: TypingLOL_CausesCancer

TypingLOL_CausesCancer — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:35:13 +0000

You are absolutely right, just wait unit after next couple of elections in the U.S. its only going to get worse for us.