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Originally Posted by Lord Nikon
No-one said that the distribution process was flawed, only that the concept of free distribution of non-physical media as destroying physical sales was flawed.
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You miss the point.
Conventional wisdom, indeed even your own post free download activities in relation to these releases, says otherwise.
Reznor elected to release the digital format under creative commons five months in advance of the (vastly overpriced) "limited editions" of the physical format (dependant on the old distribution model).
Week one of his physical release of The Slip saw a Billboard debut resulting from only 29,000 sales out of 250,000 pressings. Compare that to the published independant sales figures of physical NIN sales of releases (week one) prior to that endeavour and it is clear that the free distribution of non-physical media impacts adversely on end sales of physical media - hence the requirement on Reznors part for overly inflated point of sale product post release.
Common sense dictates that if you have an opportunity to listen to something illegally for free and, on that premise, decide that you don't like it and would not spend money to buy the physical product then that is a lost sale in what is ordinarily a speculatitve market whereby a legitimate listening / evaluation would involve a purchase.
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Originally Posted by Maggy J
I think you misread me.I'm suggesting that websites devoted to an artist or whatever subject that DO NOT GIVE OUT COPYRIGHTED products not belonging to them shouldn't necessarily be chased for the occasional use of promotional material.As for seeking approval to do so when did that become a requirement?
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"occasional use of promotional material" where such use is unlicensed or carried out without the permission of the originating artist (or copyright holder), whether for the purposes of promotion or not, is illegal.
There is no such thing as well intentioned infringement as far as copyright is concerned.
Seeking approval for the reproduction or use of (in part or otherwise) copyrighted artistic works has always been a matter of course.