Releasing Nine Inch Nail material online is an avenue the industrial rock
band has been familiar with some time. Many tracks are readily available one the
NIN.com website, downloadable via the traditional client/server method. However
in
a brief
announcement made yesterday, a surprising element appeared. Not that new
material was available for download, but that it was available via the
BitTorrent protocol. Even more surprisingly,
the torrents were uploaded to The Pirate Bay. Although it has earned the
scorn of the US entertainment industry, it appears that not all entertainers
feel hostile towards the Swedish BitTorrent site - particularly Trent Reznor.
Three audio tracks are currently being indexed by The Pirate Bay, "Capital G",
"My Violent Heart", and "Me, I'm Not." This is an interesting move by NIN, and
one that lends a hand of legitimacy to The Pirate Bay - as it shows that
entertainers realize the importance of reaching out to their target audience.
Trent Reznor is pretty much the man :-)