Trent Reznor, NIN confirms BitTorrent, website uploads

Posted March 8, 2008 at 01:51 PM by Robert Nelson

Section: Audio, Web, Downloads, Online Music/Video

In a move that is not all that surprising, especially after Trent Reznor had confirmed being an OiNK user himself, Nine Inch Nails (NIN) have confirmed the legality of uploading and are actually encouraging the sharing Ghosts I. They have in fact not only made Ghosts I available for free directly from their own website, but also uploaded the 9 tracks (or torrents) to other places to include The Pirate Bay, What.cd and Waffles.fm. Not only was Ghosts I uploaded, the tracks were also uploaded as a nice high quality 320kpbs LAME encoded album. Of course I am fairly certain that any NIN fan will quickly shell out the $5 to purchase the complete collection, which also is available in a variety of formats.

Ghosts as we previously mentioned is the new collection from NIN that consists of 36 total tracks that make up Ghosts I-IV. Sadly the remaining portions of Ghosts which include II, III and IV have also turned up on such sites, which seems to be a shame, because (at least in my opinion) $5 is not that much to spend for almost 2-hours worth of quality music.

We saw Radiohead, now NIN who will be the next artist or band to cause a stir with the “new” online distribution method?

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