Server couldn’t handle the demand for a free music sampler so turned to to the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker site and the magic of P2P for help.
Labrador Records is an Swedish independent record label that has been allowing visitors to download a free 68 track MP3 sampler to promote their summer material. However, their servers apparently couldn’t cope with the demand and they turned to the power of BitTorrent for help.
They actually asked users to share the music sampler on the Pirate Bay to ease the load on their servers and provide a smooth download experience for all.
From their site:
Well, putting the massive 68-track Labrador Summer Sampler 2007 on our server didn’t work quite as smoothly as we’d hoped. I don’t know if we overestimated our server or underestimated the need of good music this summer. Either way, our server has been pretty dysfunctional ever since but it’s all been taken care of now. Very sorry about this!
Download Labrador Summer Sampler 2007 with Rapidshare here:
> Part 1
> Part 2
> Part 3
> Part 4
Please share it on Piratebay. (http://thepiratebay.org)
I know it’s an independent artist and so can’t do too much RIAA bashing, but considering that half of a record labels job is distribution, the other half production, I think more of them ought to to wake up and realize the distribution potential that BitTorrent and other P2P and programs are capable of.
Whether it be simply free samplers such as this to turn people on to new music, or to create some sort of ad-supported music model, record labels could certainly monetize P2P or at least collaborate with it, if it weren’t still daydreaming of the 1990s when there was a record store on every corner.
At least Labrador records knows a good thing when it sees it.
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Well thats nice. Though I agree with the sharing of music its still nice for companys to realise and coop. with P2P nettworks. This can help P2P.
I know of at least 1/2 dozen artists from the bygone Amiga Computer days of creating MOD MUSIC [gaming music or other in-game msuic or music imbeded magazines] and now doing MP3 music that they are either by themselves OR on small record labels with only a handful of artists who love to use P2P or other means of getting out their FREE SAMPLES or FREE LOW BITRATED [downmixed joint stereo versions] FREE to those who might be interested enogh to actually go on to their homepage and order their FULL HIGH QUALITY CD’s.
THEY HATE RIAA as it tries to force them to use conventional means and they just don’t have the $$$ to do things the old way.