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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.