P2P (Pole-to-Peer) Music Distribution
Mon, 19/11/2007 - 2:02pm — Matthew Davidson
Forget Radiohead and Price's half-hearted independant distribution efforts, Toronto band the Craft Economy have been taping copies of their debut EP to telegraph poles, along with the posters advertising their upcoming shows. For those without access to a Canadian telegraph pole, you can also download the music from their website, under a licence that permits non-commercial sharing, unlike Radiohead and Prince's latest releases.
I'm listening to the EP at the moment. It's nice melodic power-pop reminiscent of Australian bands the Hummingbirds, the Falling Joys, or the Clouds.
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After a few weeks I'm really
After a few weeks I'm really becoming rather smitten with this record. Along with the Windupdeads, this is becoming a high-rotation favourite from the last month or two.
Here in 2006 p2p networks
Here in 2006 p2p networks are all over the internet offering not just mp3 files but also videos, audio books, e-books, movies, videogames and more. If it can be put on a computer, it can be shared. There are still many legal issues to ardms exam be worked out and not everyone is happy with it. Just last month, Sharman Industries, the company behind the popular p2p network Kazaa, just settled with the music industry for a reported $115 million dollars for the distribution of illegal copyrighted files. That averages out to about a penny per virus you find on Kazaa.