Record Label Embraces Pirate Party BitTorrent Tracker
Written by enigmax on September 29, 2009Last week TorrentFreak reported that the Canadian Pirate Party had established its own BitTorrent tracker. The Pirates hope to show that BitTorrent is not a threat, but a great tool for artists to promote their work. Record label Thorny Bleeder agrees and is now offering free music via the tracker.
Last week the fledgling Canadian Pirate Party launched its very own BitTorrent tracker to show how this great technology can empower artists to get their material heard by a wider audience.
“We’re starting a BitTorrent tracker to show artists how to properly use P2P technology in order to gain access to a cheap and efficient marketing and distribution network,” Pirate Party spokesman Jake Daynes explained to TorrentFreak.
Just a couple of days later and already Canadian record label Thorny Bleeder Records is showing its support for the party and its new RivetTracker-based distribution system.
Thorny Bleeder Records is an independent record label and the fruits of a partnership between Art of Dying’s Jonny Hetherington and Greg Bradley along with industry veteran Brian Thompson. They aim to offer artists new options in today’s music business.
“As a show of support for the Pirate Party of Canada, Thorny Bleeder Records are proud to announce that our sixteen track, multi-artist Get Thorny compilation is now available for free on their website,” announced the label.
TorrentFreak caught up with Brian Thompson to learn more about their decision to embrace the Pirate Party and their tracker.
“Thorny Bleeder Records strongly believes in the culture of file sharing as a benefit to an artist’s development and to the growth of their fan base,” Brian told TorrentFreak. “It’s become increasingly difficult and expensive to have a band’s single added to a radio station’s playlist, so the Internet has quickly become the next best thing for new music discovery.”
“As a an artist and a record label, your number one goal is to be heard by as many people as possible. BitTorrent provides the perfect distribution for music discovery to occur, it’s today’s version of the record store listening post. Pirate Party’s new BitTorrent tracker provides us with the perfect avenue to expose our artists to an entire new audience that would otherwise be unaccessible,” he added.
Brian told us that Thorny Bleeder also supports the Pirate Party in their fight for copyright reform.
“The world has changed dramatically since these laws were introduced eons ago and it makes no sense to continue adhering to these old laws that no longer support creativity and distribution in the digital reality of today and tomorrow,” he added.
The compilation ‘Get Thorny’ can be downloaded here.
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73 Responses
It wouldn’t be a horrible idea if labels put out all there artists singles on a compilation to show what there label has to offer.
Of course that would have to be approved by individual artists but that would be a great move.
It’s already being done with mix tapes and usually this is a wonderful promotion gateway. Proof of this can be seen here:
http://www.tapedown.com
Promotion is just one part of it in the eyes of the consumer though. When we see that labels aren’t just money grubbing heartless creatures we may start trusting them a little.
Nice to hear that not all record labels only care about $$
new clone of rlslog.net..
http://www.rlslog.in
its a record label and see’s the future with bittorrent not going away so find a way to use to your advantage.
Thats why i support the indies… and try as much as possible to screw the bastards at the big 4
Label..sees..future in music through BitTorrent? I think I just came.
Really nice.
You dont gain sympathy fighting against your fans but working with them.
Well done Thorny Bleeder we support you guys.
I’ve never heard of this record label or any of the bands in the torrent, but now I do thanks to bittorrent :). Starting to download it now
Brian Thompson and Thorny Bleeder are straight up, honorable business-artists showing the way to the future. This is how it’s done… when you care about both artist and fans.
Thanks so much for the kind words of support everyone. I hope you enjoy the music…
We’ll be releasing a second free compilation within the next month.
Free the music!
Brian
Thorny Bleeder Records
http://www.thornybleeder.com
Well, this is pretty much it; if this takes off *and is profitable* it’ll show the Big 4 that they were, in fact, wrong all along. C’mon Pirate Party of Canada; don’t fail us now!
*****C’mon Pirate Party of Canada; don’t fail us now!******
They are doing what they can,the rest is up to us, if it fails it is not because of the CAPT
So far, I like the 3rd track the best…1st to were bubble “gummish” at best..the 3rd is decent to listen to…kinda reminds me of an old band called Y&T..
Excellent. Really really brilliant.
This is why I only buy indie music. You see, majors? BitTorrent is a wonderful promotion tool. Yet, instead of embracing it, you choose to fight us and try to destroy our technology.
This is only the beginning. They WILL die and make no mistake. It’s time for music to be controlled by the people once more.
Just a thought.lots of people like to upload there homemade videos to the net,Maybe you can help these artists by using there music on your video.Nothing better than free advertising and hopefully more artists may come on board.We all know that some clips can have millions of hits in 24hrs.And we do remember that song.I love this sharing stuff..
Proud to be Canadian!!!!
Ok…I pretty much skimmed through the CD, it graduates from mellow to definitely thrash… startng from track 9 this thing begins to rock,love the intro on track 15, 14 & 15 are a little harder than I care for but they are decent tracks!…
All in all a pretty cool share I think, a little something in for everyone (well, no rap or hip hop, but that really doesnt tear me up, LoL)
Thanks!
Great idea Glemball. We strongly support the use of our music in private home videos…anything that spreads an artist’s music is ok by us!
As a 50 year old Sex Pistols fan I will be playing savannah at the old peoples home after medication.Never to old to spread the word..
Love track 11 – Set in Stone. Now added to my permanent music collection :-)
Some tracks are too heavy for me but that’s just my taste.
Would like to see more info about artist(s) in the torrent file. A profile, gig dates ( if any, and where etc ).
Big THANK YOU for this!
Oh, and love the cover. Any chance you can do a T-Shirt? At the top GET THORNY, ball in the middle and GET TORRENT at the bottom with a splash of Thorny Bleeder Records. :-) ( I had to ask! ) :-)
Hats off! Nice job!
Wow… Wow… Normally I download and seed anything I see coming up on here just to do that, even if I really hate it… But some of this stuff is acctually pretty amazing, already loving it =]
I heard Lily Allen killed herself reading this!
Love it! :)
Best of wishes to these guys.
Just got the album and i have to say pretty awesome collection. Thanks to Thorny Bleeder for this brilliant album
Nice to see that some people in industry are willing to evolve instead of hunting down, punishing, suing, blackmailing and harassing theyr customers/fans.
“Label..sees..future in music through BitTorrent?”
Because it is the only future for music.
Pretty good, I’m on my way to download.
And use They’re instead of there when refering to THEY.
@rlslog clone
you sir are a complete looooser
J.
CaPT is awesome, glad to see artists are jumping at the chance.
My album Space Wolves can be downloaded from CaPT. It is a 8bit dance romp for all you 8bit fans out there.
Download it from CaPT for now and once its offically out it will be streaming and have http downloads as well.
You can download my first for albums for free from http://www.lastfm.com/music/y2lhen
Great stuff pirate party!
#8 back.
Just got done listening to all of it & I’d give it a 5/5, ++ I have a 4.5 ratio on the torrent
I have a ton of free audio all at 256 – 320k mp3 for free.I give away full lp’s of my art.I think I have around 6 albums for free if you like old school punk and 60’s garage rock.
http://www.bigmeathammer.com/archives.htm
People are creating music for the wrong reasons, money and popularity. They should be creating music to express themselves and not care what people do with it.
I went to http://www.thornybleeder.com and downloaded the Get_Thorny_MP3_Compilation.zip, the zip file has all 16 songs in it twice in 2 folders. They need to fix that.
I listened to all 16 of the songs. I’ll keep my opinions to myself and let’s just leave it at that.
Just in case anyone hasn’t got the picture yet… You rock Pirate Party, you rock Thorny Bleeder, and You rock TorrentFreak for posting this article!
A huge thanks to all you people who have a clue!
And just in case someone from one of the big4 happens to read this… Change your business model to one which doesn’t alienate your customers, morons!
I’ve downloaded the other torrents on the Thorny Bleeders site, even though some of those albums aren’t my thing… I just wanted to seed them so I could support good business practice.
No donations link?
Thanks! Downloading the tracks right now!
@ Y2lhen
I downloaded some of your tracks, theyre pretty good.
of course they’re after $$, but they’re looking for alternative ways of making that money – do you really think they’d do that if there was no money involved at all? do you also believe that the people behind charities dont make a buck out of it?
After listening to the albums, and exploring Myspace band pages,I drew this conclusion.
The Turn and Burning Borders I’m definitely going to check out.
A.M. Glory, TV Heart Attack, Sweetheart, Southern Death Threat, and Yuca, probably check out.
Kill Rhythm… Maybe if I need filler in my play lists. They are very generic. Good, but nothing jumps out at me yet.
Also, the Drummer from Quartered is excellent. Would like to see him on other projects.
True musicians create and perform whether they are rich or poor. Walk down any downtown city street, listen to the buskers and tell me that music will dissapear if musicians can’t get rich from cd sales.
Musicans have historically always made their money from performances. The more popular they are the more fans they draw, the more money they make.
Music will never die.
As 31 has pointed out, how are we supposed to buy/donate for the music?
Judge: If you weren’t hiding prostitutes in your basement, then why do you have a stripper pole there?
Defendant: That isn’t a stripper pole. It’s a fire pole, so if my house catches on fire, the fire department can get there quicker.
Judge: Idiot. (throws gavel at defendant’s head)
Down with the “little plastic disc”-industry!
To the kind folks looking to donate…we’d prefer you support each band on their own, however you see fit…rather than donating to us directly.
So if you love any of the bands, buy their album on iTunes or order a t-shirt…or contact them directly for a donation.
Thanks again for all of the support and kind words everyone, you’re the reason why we’re doing this!
Free the music!
Brian
Thorny Bleeder Records
http://www.thornybleeder.com
Uhm, except that most artists depend on music sales for income. Im guessing this particular one has other has other ways of earning money? This is just one artist who doesn’t mind among thousands that are losing money.
Everything boils down to money. Promotion alone can’t help someone making a living off anything. When it comes down it, you need profits.
It’s a great example of how the industry needs to, “adjust their sails” as was said in the song, ‘Dear Lilly’, but I seriously don’t see many folding and going this path. Least not yet. Many artists think that it’s not the copyright infringement but that the technology itself is illegal, let’s face it, musicians now-a-days, aren’t the sharpest when it comes to the internet or how to properly promote their music.
For smaller artists, this will be great and will open up a market where none had thought to exist. Thing I would like to see happen is artists embrace this technology ontop of the Creative Commons license. Getting rid of the morbid fair use BS and having a true standard on what media is allowed to be used and how, without having to go to court showing how you have the right to use portions for rating or educational purposes.
Heres how correct they are. I live in the midwest of the USA and all we get here is OLDIES and CLASSIC rock. I litteraly have to go to rock stations in the east coast or west coast to find new music bands.Im tired of the industry deciding who gets air play where and when. Its entirely stupid that they try to base who gets popular soley on a radio stations ability to make commercial money during the breaks. I am a huge Tool fan and although I have dloaded their music, for free, it led me to buy their new stuff and their DVDs and also go to a concert. SO thank you pirates for introducing me to Tool, someone I may never have discovered if left up to the industry to decide what I should be listening to on the radio or on retarded MTV. Many thanks for saving me a ton of money on crap assed waste of time GAMES that suck ass. Or going to a theatre and taking my chances on a retarded movie that I cant get a refund for for blowing chunks, or just having no “ending”. Im a WISE consumer, and I DO BUY stuff. But after trying GTA4 out first, I bought it because I liked it,to find out later that they dont fix it for the PC. Theres a wasted $50.That I cannot return. Change your policys, corporate idiots.
Where’s Reasoned Mind?
I thought he would be here by now telling us that using a distribution model that he (or she as it’s Lily Allen) doesn’t approve of is theft.
All the RIAA is trying to do is shut down forms of distribution which might put independent labels on even footing. Even if Thorny Bleeder is successful we’ll continue to hear the same tired arguments because piracy is not the problem to the RIAA, Thorny Bleeder is.
Excellent! This is the way forward. Well done, Pirate Party of Canada and Thorny Bleeder Records! Also TorrentFreak for the great article, of course.
Just when things were looking ever more bleak, you guys come along and save the day. You are setting a great example here, now let’s hope the traditionalists are paying attention, and will finally start to realize that there’s no other way to go about this, if they and the artists they represent hope to have any kind of future in their respective lines of business.
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@ 37 michael8124: LOL!
Sharing shitty mp3s is easy, when they’ll share full 24 bits flac, I’d trust them better
@AnarchyNow
You’re acting like a spoilt brat. Be grateful this could be the start of something big
@42, Think about it…… I think this is a great idea. I’ve never been anti an application like P2P and I think sharing what you have the right to share is all good.
And lesser known musicians have a lot to gain from free distribution and the exposure it can gain them.
But pirates don’t respect any of that. Pirates just take their booty copyrighted or not and move on because they don’t care. I think the rights holder should retain EVERY right to control their works as they see fit, to give it away if they want, to sell it if they prefer, whatever they want. They created it and I think that gives them rights, too. Even if they choose to sell those rights away for the benefits it brings them.
But to use technology to strip the rights and possible commercial gain from an artist as pirates routinely do is just shitty. And to use privacy laws to hide behind while doing it? So industry sues for their own rights and the government limits our privacy?
No one ever accused piracy of being classy. Or smart. But ThornyBleeder seems to be.
@ neostyles
“Uhm, except that most artists depend on music sales for income.”
Says who? Generally most artists with major labels rely on music sales to repay the debt the record company has saddled them with to produce the songs in the first place. Perhaps you should read this article, about how artists are funded, and where music sales fit in with that.
First, I don’t torrent much of anything.
That probably doesn’t gives me much “rights” to complain, but…
This idea/project is by now only embraced by the “not so well known” artists. This gives them an edge, and a way to look “cool”, that in my view is a bit “unfair”.
Unfair to ME.
Because by now I don’t have access to what I like to hear, watch, read.
Unless I choose the “tough” question, do I buy this, or do I dld it?
So… I’m concerned. I’m very concerned that we’ll be getting to a point were only a few “tastes” are served, pushing everyone else to that awfull decision.
Please, oh, please, don’t make me choose between buying or downloading. It’s not “FAIR”.
A Concerned User.
@ Reasoned Mind
You seem to be buying into the stereotype of the pirate is a person that just takes and never buys anything and the corporations are the true victims here. While I agree that there are some pirates who do nothing but leech and don’t give anything back. They are the minority. There have several polls done that show the majority of pirates are of the “try before you buy” variety.
The corporations are only crying foul because something in challenging their power and greed. Even if its in a minor way. That is something their collective egos can not tolerate.
I personally feel the corporations have way too much power as it is. Through lawyers and corporate lobbyist they can manipulate any government to do what they want. This needs to change but unfortunately the corruption is way too deep for that to happen anytime soon.
“The corporations are only crying foul because something in challenging their power and greed.”
Such sophistry. Such bullshit. The corporations are crying foul because you are breaking the law and using technology to strip the rights and the purchase price from the work of the artist and the corporation with whom they made a deal.
Get over yourself, Trelew. If “this is not yours to share” is complicated and hard to understand for you, I’m certain the governments and law enforcement will explain it to you in the years ahead.
@ Reasoned Mind
Spoken like a true corporate stooge. Speak the corporate line and don’t think for yourself. The truth is there if you care to see it.
The artist have never been harmed by internet piracy. Just like they never have been harmed back when you taped music off the radio with a cassette player. Corporations want to change the copyright rules so that can make more money, not protect artist’s rights. If you think it was about that give yourself a shake. Corporations don’t give a rat’s ass about the artists. They are nothing more than a commodity to be abused by the rich and powerful.
Unfortunately because of the corruption of government by corporations I think you get to see your wish of society run by corporations.
“The artist have never been harmed by internet piracy.”
That’s never been the issue, and you must know that. Who cares? It’s irrelevant, and if piracy was so great we’d have seen artists FLOCK to it these past 10 years. (TEN, yes TEN)
Instead, newcomers are starving on Facebook and Myspace empty promises while the FAC artists are finally giving up on your promises to pay them some way or other, because you don’t. And they see it. And they know it. And they see what you’ve done to their income and their careers. And they are sick and tired of it.
And if you think artists like Billy Bragg or Elton John or Annie Lennox do what an industry tells them to do YOU are the delusioned sock puppet, not me. They made real money before your crap got started so don’t even try to tell me” industry doesn’t pay.” You (all by yourself) can probably name 100 artists the industry has enriched beyond their wildest hopes and dreams, like RadioHead and Reznor himself, so stuff it and do your homework.
Even if piracy could be shown to be a huge benefit it would be just as illegal. But then the artists would be BEHIND you, not standing in your way like they are now. Ever ask yourself why artists just might be pissed that you forcibly removed their income from their product using a computer? You need a serious wake-up call.
If the Pirate Party gathers votes and changes the laws, we’ll see the changes you want to see and believe me, I’ll be all in support of that. That’s how democracy works and I don’t give a shit about the labels.
You could have stopped buying and let the corporations whither, too, because all their work is “crap”. Right?
But oddly enough, you wanted (and took) a free copy if every bit of that “crap” and now you whine that government, industry and now even the artists themselves are sick and tired of your hypocritical bullshit. I don’t even work in digital industry, Trelew, your belief I must be a “stooge” to have principles different from your entitlement is one of your greatest ideological weaknesses. Piracy is lawbreaking and you’ve handed the high cards directly to the corporations and now they are using them. And they are FINALLY NOW just getting started. Hope you like what you’ve wrought.
So bend over, 2% stooge, and enjoy what’s coming. Maybe even listen to a little plifered music while it happens.
:-)
Geez rant the corporate line much Reasoned?
All you have done on here is spout the corporate line, which has never been proven, and sh!t on anyone that has spoken against you. Yes, looking back all your responses on this site, I do believe you are nothing more than someone paid to spout corporate propaganda.
“Instead, newcomers are starving on Facebook and Myspace empty promises while the FAC artists are finally giving up on your promises to pay them some way or other, because you don’t. And they see it. And they know it. And they see what you’ve done to their income and their careers. And they are sick and tired of it.”
Do you have any proof of this? Cause I’ve never seen anything unless it happens to be at a corporate press conference. With the musicians there spouting what their handlers tell them to say.
As for the big stars speaking out on internet piracy. I’m betting some backroom deal has been made for their endorsement.
As for not buying product, I’ve never said that. I still buy CDs, DVDs, and games. With piracy I have the opportunity to “try before you buy”.
The corporation has always had the high card even before internet piracy was just a gleam in some programmer’s eye. I didn’t need to “give” it to them (like I really would do something that stupid). Their collective egos got bitch slapped when Napster literally caught them with their pants down.
They responded in true draconic fashion. Instead of embracing the new technology and change they way they do business, they attacked both customer and pirate alike. Getting their lawyers to manipulate the courts, having their corporate lobbyist manipulate (re: bribe) politicians and high-level bureaucrats safely with the walls of government where there is no transparency or accountability.
When the corporation and their corrupted government lackeys change things we will see a change and it won’t be for the good of the people. The concept of “fair use” or “public domain” will be killed off. Can you imagine a user fee for every book you take out of a library? Use in school? An annual fee to use a radio or TV? I wouldn’t be surprised if they ask for a user fee to sing a national anthem. Cause nothing will be free anymore…unless you happen to be apart of the elite rich & powerful.
“nothing will be free anymore…unless you happen to be apart of the elite rich & powerful.”
Nothing was ever free. Nothing, not ever. Nor will it ever be. You are going to have to get used to reality, or sputter to somebody who wants to hear it on the sidelines.
Whether the work is done by nature, organized labor, organized crime, the Pirates themselves or the artists who make what you copy illegally, the work gets done. Some one or something did it. That’s what gives it value. That’s reality, while you whine about “I want free” there are others working their asses off, some in corporations, many independent by the way, ALL putting their hard work into it while you sit with a mouse ethics-free “trying before you buy” and crying like a little girl about “fair use”, as if a free full copy totally unpaid is fair.You are drowning in your own sense of entitlement.
With no evidence you’ve ever purchased since Napster.
No evidence I work for a corporation.
(I don’t.)
No evidence my principles are compensated. (They’re not)
No evidence the FAC is doing as their “handlers” tell them. (That’s just vile. The FAC isn’t even an industry sanctioned organization. They are some of the finest recording artists on the planet, and you should be ashamed. But you are a pirate, you have none.)
No evidence “stars” are paid to say what they think and denounce about piracy.
No evidence lawyers manipulated any court, anywhere. You’d better back that one up.
No evidence of one single lobbyist payment.
You are bullshit.
Truth is, Trelew, you are spouting the same, empty pathetic “woe is me I’m poor and powerless and not rich or elite” and so I need my stuff for freeeeeee. Like all the other losers in life. Get off your fat entitled ass.
Get some pride. Do something to improve your sorry lot and make the world a better place for art and artists by PAYING for their stuff with money you EARN yourself. Or just do without it. You don’t even deserve it with a “poor me” attitude like that.
And don’t even try to kid me or yourself that piracy paying nothing gives the artist a better deal. Were that even close to true, they’d be with you in solidarity since 1999. Instead, they are in desperation that your ransacking stop, turning to their own industries and their own governments to stop your infringing and penalize you when caught.
When you get the artists organized in favor of infringement, Trelew, I’ll listen, because they see where their interests are respected and it’s never been with you. So until you bring a roster of a couple hundred of the very best like the FAC did last week, instead of your pathetic 2% EU thiefclub, you are bullshit with no evidence to back up one single thing you said here.
http://www.featuredartistscoalition.com/showscreen.php?site_id=161&screentype=site&screenid=161&loginreq=0&blogaction=showitem&bloginfo=800
You just want your free shit and that’s your “transparency” for all to see and your punishments for this thieving will be your “accountability”.
Put up or shut up. You’ve been harming artistic careers by taking without paying for far too long.
Aww poor little corporate stooge…really upset that your same BS is being thrown back at you? You haven’t convinced me one single bit. As I said I made those assumptions about you based on the corporate propaganda you’ve been spouting. If they’re wrong, so be it! You are still being, as you said it, a corporate sock puppet, mindlessly repeating what they say as the gospel. Which is what they want us to be. Copyright laws were intentionally use to “promote science and arts” but corporations want to turn it into a vehicle for more revenue. Creativity would be stifled under a corporate lockdown.
To correct your misconceptions of me. I do buy what I download. I go and get off my not-so-fat-but-could-loose-a-couple-pounds ass and do something about it. And maybe read a little better into what I’m saying otherwise you would of realized a lot of what you said just comes off as rather childish insults.
It is true that neither of us can prove beyond a shadow of doubt our points because government and corporations do their dealings behind closed doors our of the view of the public. Does it make it right, of course not. Will it change because its not right, of course not cause the ones profiting from it don’t want to change it.
And as for your “my harming the artist” claptrap; you just said that artist rights are not the issue (or at least implied it). I support the artist quite well, the greedy self-serving SOB corporations not so much.
While do you might make some minor points that I might agree with in principle. I very sincerely doubt you would have the same open mind on this subject. Cause your words give me the impression that you have everyone who pirates pigeonholed into a narrow minded stereotype that has never been proven or deserved.
The rights of the artists are the whole point, Trelew, the rights you are forcibly stripping from them. You give them a choice among a) the industry b) you can’t stop us or c) find something else to do we can’t pirate. Nice. And you call yourselves “fans.”
Real fans put their money where their mouth is. Always have. Still do.
You are forcing creatives into the arms of industry because piracy, for them, is so much worse. Don’t believe me? Try this.
Here’s another 7000 artists signatures to suck on:
http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/
“Increasingly, creators are finding their work misappropriated, reproduced and distributed without their knowledge, consent or benefit by those who believe intellectual property should be free for the taking. It is important that creators speak up about how the principle of copyright empowers and provides incentive for creators.”
The announcement follows a rapid internal response to the letter, which within a few days of circulation among the Alliance’s grassroots network garnered nearly 7,000 electronic signatures. With artists encouraging participation within their personal networks on blogs and Twitter feeds, the letter already has been signed by creators in all 50 states and representing a full spectrum of creative disciplines.
Signers include authors, photographers, songwriters, graphic designers, filmmakers, musicians, publishers, jewelry designers, web designers, photojournalists, illustrators, video game developers, architects, cartoonists, composers, playwrights, voice actors, animators, sculptors, painters and videographers.”
Either get the artists with you or get stuffed, Trelew.
You are an empty shirt.
I would have something witty to say back to you but I realize that I would be just lowering myself to your level.
@ 54 Sep 30, 2009 at 20:06 by Reasoned Mind
What’s all this talk of piracy? Thorny Bleeder chose to distribute this album via bittorrent. I think piracy is way off topic. Just like I said before the industry (represented by Reasoned Mind) is threatened by competition (represented by Thorny Bleeder). Your problem is you see piracy where there is none and argue to take away privacy so you can find what doesn’t exist.
And just who are you accusing? I accuse Time Warner of stifling the public domain. I accuse the RIAA of trying to keep Thorny Bleeder from having Bittorrent as a distribution method. People usually accuse people of doing things. Like,
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/cher-sues-universal-music-group-over-unpaid-royalties_100200336.html
Just who are you accusing? Who is pirating? I think you’er just making all of this up. You have no idea who’s licensed what for any type of distribution whatsoever. You never mention what is even being pirated, from where or by whom. Why should anyone believe your unsubstantiated claims?
Well I for one wish them great luck with that venture!
Terry T
http://www.total-privacy.net.tc
http://mafiaa.org/
World Police for the Music and Movie Industry artist of America.
the Dumb-arses trying to shut down the Bay and half the net!
Oh hey cool, Columbia is signed to them. I starred in their first music video.
I’ll download the compilation to see if I like it. If it’s cool, I’ll get more people to have a listen.
This is exactly what many people wanted all along: to discover something new and great.
Congratulations to Thorny Bleeder Records. A record company (albeit a small one) that doesn’t see bittorrent as a threat, rather as a means of getting them and their artists known. Living in the UK I would probably have never heard the music of any of these artists if it wasn’t for their stance on this. To me this is exactly what the internet exists for. I have found music I like and will listen to rather than having to be force fed the ultra commercial, sound alike crap the major labels want us to listen to. Well done guys, I have already posted a link to your site over on DigitalSpy, probably the UKs biggest media news and forum site and on my Facebook page too :)
go leave your signature:
http://www.copyrightalliance.org/letter/ im pirate pete get your few words in atleast.
go leave your signature:
http://www.copyrightalliance.org/letter/ im Pirate Pete get your few words in atleast. Let your voice be heard to President Obama too. This is a letter being sent to Obama.
Dudes – you rock!
I totally respect indpendent labels and music, and I support them by buying their CDs and band merchandise!
Death to the majors!
I’ll download the compilation to see if I like it. If it’s cool, I’ll get more people to have a listen.
This is exactly what many people wanted all along: to discover something new and great.
@ Reasoned Mind
Nobody honest is taking money away from the artists. I’ll give you an example: I just bought 2 ps2 games (God of War II and Rogue Galaxy) even though I have had a copy for 2 years now and have already played both of them till the end at least twice. Did I take money away from the producers because I downloaded? The answer is clear and obvious.
A huge congratulations for the Canadian Pirate Party and Thorny Records for their initiative. Make sure you put the contents available in any digital music store so the people who like can show their support by paying for the best tracks!
this is the future of music industry. everything will be completely decentralized, and those who really want to support the artists will pay for cd/vinyl/t-shirts/and so on.
and the “major” record companies..
no one really needs them anymore. the cost of producing and distributing records dropped significantly.
they should consider changing their business to something that is more profitable, like, uh….. prostitution?
@2 wrote:
“Nice to hear that not all record labels only care about $$”
Actually, this record label does seem to care about the dollars. The biggest challenge for music is to get listeners. Some percent of the listeners will be inclined to support the artists (and indirectly the record labels, that hopefully is providing the artists with some services of value). A way to maximize the number of listeners is to upload the music to as many places as possible.
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