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Monday, May 05, 2008

Revenge Served Free - Producers Turn Nasty Against Distributors

There is sometimes nothing uglier for a Distributor than when a producer or partner drops the distributor and take product out of the Distributors channel.  That goes double for industries such as entertainment where distributors are often the record companies or movie studios that sign top talent to multi-year contracts, promote the artists, the content and distribute that content at what is like a micro-monopoly over that artists body of work during the contract period.

These days more and more producers in entertainment as well as producers of goods in China and around the world are looking out side the box at the internet and other areas to move their goods electronically and physically.  This is happening in markets that move CDs and movies to markets that sell novelty scooters and even basement dehumidifiers.  As they break their bonds away from former traditional distribution partners, things can get very ugly for distributors.

A very good example of this is Nine Inch Nails break from Universal Records.  The break has been bad for Universal for many reasons.

  1. First and foremost Nine Inch Nails has been very successful.  Selling over $1.6 million in records during their first week of record sales, when they gave CDs away for FREE.
  2. Customers are following the creators and not buying from the distributors more and more.
  3. The new models are demonstrating that historic distribution models may be obsolete in many circumstances.
  4. Distributors often suffer the wrath of very bad press and public relations.

Singer and songwriter Trent Reznor has attacked his former record label Universal for "ripping off" fans, and once told a crowd to "steal, steal and steal some more".

The band's deal with Universal has now ended, but The Slip will still be coming out on CD, Reznor said.

"For those of you interested in physical products, fear not. We plan to make a version of this release available on CD and vinyl in July."

Nine Inch Nails offer free album

There's an interesting thing that is now happening in the microcosm of the Nine Inch Nails example.  Just a little more than a month after their last free offering that included a 4 CD set with more than 30 tracks, Nine Inch Nails is doing it again and offering another album for free.

The producer is producing more and consumers are lining up to consume that product.  As I write this the demand on the Nine Inch Nails Website is so large that the site is stalling out as consumers race to the site to get the latest free album.

More Headlines on Nine Inch Nails latest Free Album offering

Nine Inch Nails offer free album
BBC News, UK - 1 hour ago
US rock band the Nine Inch Nails are giving away a second new album online, just two months after the first. The 10-track record, called The Slip, ...

Nine Inch Nails Gives Away New Album Digitally
Billboard, NY - 1 hour ago
Nine Inch Nails, in a surprise move, posted access to a free download of its complete new album, “The Slip,” on its Web site this morning (May 5). ...

NIN releases new, free record today for download
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 2 hours ago
Trent Reznor to Fans: "Thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years. This one's on me." As of 12:01 am PST May 5, Nine Inch Nails' brand ...

Nine Inch Nails Offers Free Album Online
InformationWeek, NY - 1 hour ago
Nine Inch Nails is offering "The Slip" in a variety of digital formats and plans to make it available on CDs and vinyl in a few months. ...

Nine Inch Nails Gives Its Fans 'The Slip'
Wired News - 2 hours ago
Trent Reznor introduces his latest album, The Slip, with a note that reads, "thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years - this one's on ...

Nine Inch Nails Did It Again, Gives Away “The Slip” For Free
eFluxMedia - 3 hours ago
By Dee Chisamera Honestly, how many of you thought: “Wow, Nine Inch Nails is cool!” after 9 of their 36 tracks on the ‘Ghost: I – IV’ album became available ...

Nine Inch Nails Gives Away Another Album Online: No Payments Accepted
PC World - 1 hour ago
Nine Inch Nails is back at it again by throwing more free music towards the masses with its latest album entitled "the slip." This time around the free ...

Nine Inch Nails release new album free online
NME.com, UK - 4 hours ago
Nine Inch Nails have made their new studio album, 'The Slip', available to download free. The album is available to download now from the Nine Inch Nails ...

Nine Inch Nails releases latest album as free download
TG Daily - 2 hours ago
By Wolfgang Gruener Music band Nine Inch Nails has published its most recent album “The Slip” as a free download under a creative commons attribution ...

Nine Inch Nails Give it Away -- Again
Dose.ca, Canada - 1 hour ago
Have no problem with giving Trent Reznor your e-mail address (or maybe you've already done so, and are wondering why he hasn't thanked you for those shots ...

NIN Release Free Album Online
Digitaltrends.com, OR - 1 hour ago
By Nick Mokey Following in the footsteps of Radiohead’s In Rainbows and the success of its own previous online release, Ghosts I-IV, Nine Inch Nails ...

Nine Inch Nails release second free album
Soundgenerator.com, UK - 57 minutes ago
Nine Inch Nails have released a second album for free "as a thank you to our fans for your continued support". The band's nucleus Trent Reznor has made 'The ...

Nine Inch Nails Gives Fans Free Album Online
dBTechno, MA - 3 hours ago
Hollywood (ChattahBox) - Nine Inch Nails has shocked fans by releasing their new studio album, The Slip, for free online through their web site. ...

NINE INCH NAILS - NINE INCH NAILS UNLEASH NEW ALBUM FOR FREE ONLINE
Contactmusic.com, UK - 54 minutes ago
Rockers NINE INCH NAILS have released their brand new studio album THE SLIP online, allowing fans to download the new LP completely free of charge. ...

New Nine Inch Nails Album Up For Free Download
411mania.com, TX - 1 hour ago
Nine Inch Nails, who were just days ago offering two singles at zero cost have gone one better and offered theor entire new album, The Slip, free of charge. ...

New Nine Inch Nails Album "One Hundred Percent Free" (With An E ...
Idolator, NY - 4 hours ago
Over the weekend, a new Nine Inch Nails song emerged, and that would seem to have been the warmup for this morning's wee-hour release of the slip, ...

NIN Releases Yet Another Album For Free
BroadbandReports.com, NY - 3 hours ago
Over the weekend we noted that Nine Inch Nails was embracing the free music model by offering a new single on several websites. ...

Nine Inch Nails Continue Free Spree
Strange Glue Music, UK - 4 hours ago
It's starting to feel as though we're becoming a Nine Inch Nails news wire, but the band who started the week offering two singles at zero cost have gone ...

Nine Inch Nails shock fans with surprise free new album
TV3 News, New Zealand - 6 hours ago
Nine Inch Nails have released an unexpected new studio album 'The Slip' for free through their website. In a statement available at nin.com, ...

NINE INCH NAILS: New Song Available For Free Download - May 4, 2008
Blabbermouth.net, NY - May 4, 2008
A new NINE INCH NAILS track called "Echoplex" has been posted at this location. The song can also be heard below. According to the information provided with ...

NINE INCH NAILS: New Album 'The Slip' Available For Free Download ...
Blabbermouth.net, NY - 5 hours ago
NINE INCH NAILS has made its new ten-song, 44-minute minute album entitled "The Slip" available for free download at www.nin.com (free signup required). ...

Nine Inch Nails Keeps On Giving, Offers New Single For Free
Mashable, CA - 18 hours ago
It seems that despite sales that disappointed Trent Reznor, founder of Nine Inch Nails, he hasn’t given up on the concept of sharing his music for free ...

Nine Inch Nails Give Away New Single on Facebook
TorrentFreak - May 4, 2008
After experimenting with free BitTorrent distribution on their last album, ‘Ghosts’, The Nine Inch Nails are today releasing their latest single ‘Echoplex’ ...

Reznor, Nine Inch Nails debut new song free to Facebook users
TECH.BLORGE.com, Australia - 21 hours ago
By Triston McIntyre If you are a user of Facebook and a fan of Nine Inch Nails, you will be happy to know that Reznor and the band are distributing a new ...

Nine Inch Nails Goes Indie For Touring Too
Undercover Music News, Australia - 11 hours ago
by Paul Cashmere - May 5 2008 Trent Reznor hasn't only made his music independent, his tours are that way now too. Reznor is his own ticket master for the ...

Free NIN Album
antiMUSIC.com, CA - 4 hours ago
(antiMusic) Nine Inch Nails promised a big announcement today and it's a big announcement for fans. The band is offering up a absolutely free download of ...

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