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March 04, 2008
Artists driving the digital age
'The Cultural Ministers Council' comprising ministers from Australia and New Zealand met last Friday and concluded that artists and not computer engineers and IT specialists will drive internet growth in the future.
An example of this has just surfaced today from the band 'Nine Inch Nails' whose latest album has just been released on the internet with the premise that hard-core NIN fans will pay money for the music that they love. The 'Ghosts I-IV', 4 volume instrumental release is available in a myriad of formats. The first 9 track volume is available for free and DRM-FREE direct from the website or via an official BitTorrent Download. $5 will get you all 36 tracks at 300kbps MP3, FLAC Lossless or Apple Lossless formats. $10 gets you the physical CD's and instant download of the entire album whilst you wait for the postie. Then there are the special $75 and $300 editions with great value added extras if you are the ultimate NIN fan. You can get the complete low-down on the release and what comes with each price point you are prepared to pay over at the 'last100'.
I have never been a big fan of NIN though I will grab the torrent and have a listen to this instrumental album and I might just enjoy it enough to send some cash to them for the remaining 27 tracks.
Update: All 2,500 copies of the $300 offering have been sold. Via: Ars Technica
Posted by Stephen at March 4, 2008 07:54 PM
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