Pearl Jam to offer 'bootleg' downloads

Only hours after each performance, the group will offer for download "live bootlegs" of its shows for $9.99 each.

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[skeptik]

No comment guys?

Where are all the download advocates? This is a stellar example of what can happen when the industry and fans work out a mutually beneficial use for new technology. (Though I hesitate to call Pearl Jam 'the industry' given their longstanding and public battle against the music industry.)
To be able to go home and download the show you just attended and listen to it the next day is obviously a huge bonus for the fan, and the 3 million CDs sold from past efforts along these lines are nothing to sneeze at for the artist. Presumably the band is getting most of the revenue from these since they aren't involved with the record label. A win-win for everyone who deserves to benefit.
Bravo, Pearl Jam!

[Karios Kasra]

People only post to bitch

for an example of such a post, look no further.

[Darwin Hall]

Prince & Pearl Jam

Ten years ago (approximately) their likenesses were on the cover
of Musician magazine. The article was about how they were
struggling with Warner Bros. Y Ticketmaster to be the masters of
their own destiny, to live outside the organized monopoly of
they who stock the record bins.
In light of Sony's (right record co.?) getting a slap on the wrist
for the first major payola scam of this millenium, the other
conglomerates can shore up their assets if they move now to
prevent convergence between BitTorrent and podcasting. Scaring
the masses will go a long way towards that.