Case Studies/Nine Inch Nails The Slip
thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years - this one’s on me — Trent Reznor, http://ninblogs.wordpress.com/
Overview
- ‘It’s loud, abrasive, difficult, angry, explosive, and, oh yeah, absolutely free.’ Beacon News
Two months after the release of Ghosts I-IV, prominent and polemic American noir rock band Nine Inch Nails has licensed a second album under Creative Commons, The Slip. Pitched as ‘one hundred percent free’ by front man Trent Reznor, The Slip (aka Halo 27) has been proclaimed as a further challenge to the music industry, defining an alternative path for musicians interested in the self-promotion of works. Available for digital download in an array of formats – mp3, lossless FLAC, m4a, and the impressive higher-than-CD quality 24-bit, 96kHz .wav files via torrents – the ten tracks are readily remixable via their multi-track audio source files at http://remix.nin.com. The release also includes a pdf with artwork and credits.
Pre-empting the album release, the single Discipline was distributed freely via the official NIN site in April 2008, and a second, Echoplex, was released for free from iLike. The Slip’s track listing is as follows:
- 999,999 – 1:25
- 1,000,000 – 3:56
- Letting You – 3:49
- Discipline – 4:19
- Echoplex – 4:45
- Head Down – 4:55
- Lights in the Sky – 3:29
- Corona Radiata – 7:33
- The Four of Us Are Dying – 4:37
- Demon Seed – 4:59
To cater for the substantial fan base interested in acquiring sought-after merchandise, NIN also intends to release the album on vinyl and CD under a variable pricing model over the American summer period.
License Usage
NIN actively encourages its fan base to engage with its music, through redistribution and remix via audio tracks at http://remix.nin.com and user-generated film festivals on YouTube. As with Ghosts I-IV, The Slip is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States licence. NIN’s intention with this release is clear, as per the download site:
- ‘we encourage you to
- remix it
- share it with your friends,
- post it on your blog,
- play it on your podcast,
- give it to strangers,
- etc.’
In contrast to services which prevent re-distribution of tracks, all files are 100% DRM-free.
Motivations
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