NIN Confirms Uploads to Public and Private Torrent Sites
The acceptability of P2P took another big step forward over the weekend, as accounts claiming to be ‘the official profile for NIN’ appeared on a number of torrent sites, including The Pirate Bay and the private trackers What.cd and Waffles.fm. NIN has now confirmed that these accounts indeed belong to the band.
The account that was used to upload the torrent, linked to in yesterday’s piece, was from a user called ‘NINofficial‘, and included a text about the release. Similar accounts, named NIN, appeared on the private music trackers what.cd and waffles.fm on Friday, and uploaded the same torrent.
Uploads to torrent sites, claiming to be from the owners of the material are not unheard of, but are also not common. When it has happened, it’s been to public sites, and generally a hoax, which makes people all the more wary when accounts appear, claiming to be ‘official’ or from the people behind it.
However, TorrentFreak has verified that the accounts in question, ‘NIN’ on both waffles and what, and ‘NINOfficial’ on The Pirate Bay, are indeed accounts belonging to the band’s representatives.
“last night our website had to go down for maintenance for a little while due to the incredible amount of traffic and downloads, and we linked directly to our Pirate Bay torrent as a way for people to get the music while we were offline.” Rob Sheridan, Art Director for NIN told TorrentFreak, adding “I noticed our official torrent of Ghosts I was in the top 10 of all torrents on The Pirate Bay last night.”
“We use torrents ourselves, and we know that most NIN fans are tech-savvy and familiar with file-sharing, so we want to experiment with ways to use that to our advantage, instead of making the mistake of trying to fight or ignore it, as so many artists and labels do.” NIN’s Rob Sheridan added. Many sites, too are willing to work with artists with programs such as Mininova’s content distribution platform and What.cd’s ‘Vanity House’.
It is not sure how NIN got invited to both OiNK replacements what.cd and waffles.fm, however, since Trent Reznor himself admitted to be a frequent user of OiNK, he probably signed up at the trackers from the start, and invited the official NIN user.
Of course, not everyone gets this, some news sites have been reporting that the accounts are bogus, or that the torrents, including the official ones, are stealing. An admin of one of the private tracker did have a sobering comment though “It doesn’t help that the full version is available as well on music torrent sites in general.”
screenshot of the official NIN profile at what.cd
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I support NiN 100%. They know how to distribute music the proper way.
I have not really listened to NIN in a couple years but just for them taking a stand and supporting P2P I am buying their album. I think it is great. I would love to see the RIAA and the blood sucking industry gone and this is the start of it.
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Have a look a their website. They offer Ghosts I-IV on two CDs for 10 USD.
And for the enthusiasts there are even more options to choose from, including a 300$ limited special edition with vinyls that is already sold out.
That’s the way to go NIN. I liked only a few tracks you have made over the past years, but I’ll pay you the 5$ for the download version anyway. You have my support…
Good news, glad to see more big-name artists who have first-hand experience with the exploitive labels coming around to publicly endorsing alternative distribution and, more specifically, peer-to-peer sharing.
Information wants to be free, keep moving it forward!
This is the first NiN album I’ve bought since HALO 10… respect.
http://www.sumotorrent.com/en/details/928378/Nine%20Inch%20Nails%20-%20Ghosts%20I-IV%20%5B2008%20FLAC%20Lossless%5D%20brandnew.html
http://www.sumotorrent.com/en/details/925202/Nine%20Inch%20Nails%20-%20Ghosts%20I-IV%202008%20320kbps%20and%20Extras%20brandnew.html
I bought the 5.00 version, not because I listen to them but to support them for what they are trying to do. That is what the industry fails to understand. I want a decent price on something that i can do with what i want - not talking about commercial use… private/personal use only
I doubt I will ever listen to it as it is not what I like but I wanted to support NIN and those who are sticking to the corporations.
the greatest thing about this is it gives the artist total control in what they choose to release. no pressure for singles to drive sales. im a big fan of nins instrumentals and tend to believe it’s what they do best. there is no way this album would ever come out if nin were still on a label
When they got my $5…
When the site went down repeatedly…
When the download link repeatedly failed to give me any more than 15MB…
When my download link finally stopped working…
When my “please help” e-mails went unanswered…
I was more than happy to download the full version from Mininova, sanctioned or not.
I want to support artists, but the failure of control and ownership in the face of freedom re-proves the concept to me that art isn’t something I PAY for - it’s something I TIP for.
We’ll be better off teaching the value of ’showing appreciation’ to kids rather than the increasingly imaginary value of ‘copyright’.
BRAVO NIN!
nufsaid..
I downloaded Ghosts on a private tracker. I like it. And 10$ for a physical 2CD Set is nothing.
This’ll be my first NIN Album.
[quote comment="303857"]nin suck balls anyway!………..I guarantee not even 1% of the people that download it will ever purchase any of there music……..they’ll soon realise that.[/quote]
They sold out of the limited edition $300 sets within hours.
I bought the $5 set - all 36 tracks in lossless FLAC.
You sir, are a moron.
Well done NIN. This Ghosts release isn’t their usual style, and I like the variety. With respect to the distribution model being explored here, all I can say is that I can’t encourage it enough. Should every band do this, then the rip off side of the music industry could be stamped out.
I want WAV or FLAC I refuse to pay for mp3’s terrible noise.
i still buy lp’s tho..
who?
You can download my debut album “MeKaNiKaLZ” for free via Mininova.
It’s composed of 20 tracks of pure electronic music going from techno to ambient, from industrial to soundtrack, from hiphop to electro to everything cool.
It’s here:
http://www.mininova.org/tor/1080807
Thank you to the 5000+ peoples who already downloaded it!
And find more about me at
http://www.uber.com/icesixxx
Enjoy!
The Register should change it’s name to The Retardster.
doesn’t matter if only 1% of people buy it.
They sold out the $300 version, netting at least $750k in 1 day.
Not bad at all.
I’ve been waiting to see something like this for years. Good job, Trent and NIN.
[quote comment="303816"]fucking news idiots thinking it’s fake. what morons.[/quote]
The funny thing is if the news morons just took the time to read the pdf that came with the new release they would see it’s under a share alike license.
[quote comment="304407"]I want WAV or FLAC I refuse to pay for mp3’s terrible noise.
i still buy lp’s tho..[/quote]
The $5 option comes with FLAC…
Even if you are not a huge NIN fan, please support these guys and buy the album, even if just to gift to a friend. This is a great model and I hope many bands follow their lead. Cut out that middle man and pay the artist directly? Perfect, it’s what the online community has been asking for all the way along.
Ghosts is excellent, I love the unprocessed sound, it’s very real.
this actually makes me a bit interesting in NIN, even though I haven’t listened to them before I think I’ll give ‘em a shot – THAT is what I call great PR, and it doesn’t cost them a cent
I paid the 5 bucks and downloaded the full set from what.
I’ll give my $5 in support as well. Most of the stuff they put out lately hasn’t been to my tastes, but I liked the mood that was presented in Ghosts I.
I downloaded it from TPB and gave it a listen last night, and since the servers are back working again, I decided to grab the full download version.
Good show!
to bad about the shipping costs, now i still pay 15 euro’s or so XD
but, the costs for the shipping is higher are higher than that of the album itself so I guess that’s a good thing.
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