Prince continues to stick it to the music industry

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Originally Posted by Alex

So this is giving away a CD with a newspaper?

I was watching some antique show on TV recently and one item they looked at were some flexible records that were apparently included inside magazine covers.

How are they different?

First off, I assume the records were 45's, singles. Prince gave away the whole album.

Secondly, the music industry is still standing in a sh.tstorm with its mouth open. They still have no clue what direction they're going in, still losing money, still sticking to the old rules, still fvcking with artists and moving about as fast as glaciers before global warming. Of course they're going to be pissed about this, as it's yet another dollar they didn't make, regardless of historical precedence.

I heard a tiny bit of a piece on NPR the other day about a Canadian music publisher that is now selling their music 2.5 months before the real release date - as a download. That in response to the fact that as soon as they send freebies to the radio stations, their music is being traded p2p.