Justin Timberlake has made his new album free on iTunes a week before it is to be released.
What do you think of this tactic? Is this the direction that musicians/artists will have to take?
See a discussion at Gawker.com.
[iTunes/Image via AP]
![Justin Timberlake has made his new album free on iTunes a week before it is to be released.
What do you think of this tactic? Is this the direction that musicians/artists will have to take?
See a discussion at Gawker.com.
[iTunes/Image via AP]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/ab20769d0e201bfbb6322a17e7fd0667/tumblr_mjjzz4dNve1qzt7h7o1_500.jpg)
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I don’t think this is a bad idea at all. Free music is here to stay, even if he didnt do this people would get it for...
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Auto-reblog for Justin Timberlake and Barrett speaking the truth.
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I’d also like to point out that streaming an album before release and giving away a free download are pretty different...
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The music is the commodity - the album itself is essentially worthless. What has value is the live show (an irreplicable...
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He’s not the first to try it, and he won’t be the first to realize how bad an idea it actually is. Anything put online...
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This isn’t really a new idea…didn’t record stores let you listen to albums for free in the store before you bought them?...
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