Trent Reznor Speaks on Oink

[modalmind]

What do you think about OiNK being shut down?
Trent: I'll admit I had an account there and frequented it quite often. At the end of the day, what made OiNK a great place was that it was like the world's greatest record store. Pretty much anything you could ever imagine, it was there, and it was there in the format you wanted. If OiNK cost anything, I would certainly have paid, but there isn't the equivalent of that in the retail space right now. iTunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don't feel cool when I go there. I'm tired of seeing John Mayer's face pop up. I feel like I'm being hustled when I visit there, and I don't think their product is that great. DRM, low bit rate, etc. Amazon has potential, but none of them get around the issue of pre-release leaks. And that's what's such a difficult puzzle at the moment. If your favorite band in the world has a leaked record out, do you listen to it or do you not listen to it? People on those boards, they're grateful for the person that uploaded it — they're the hero. They're not stealing it because they're going to make money off of it; they're stealing it because they love the band. I'm not saying that I think OiNK is morally correct, but I do know that it existed because it filled a void of what people want.


www.p2pnet.net/story/13847

its cool that someone of his status is speaking in favor of oink as well as that one clip of him telling the aussies to bootleg his cd cause his distro in australia is literally nuts.....

my 2 cents..

i support my favorite artist... oink gives you the option of listening before you buy.. almost every cd i own has some sort of significant meaning behind it and thats why i choose to buy it instead of ONLY downloading and not give anything back... and with that i dont go around posting stuff on a board or a blog to download knowing that most likely whoever is downloading the album is probably not doing anything to help support the artist...

[modalmind]

L, you've probably seen this at SS, but for the lurkers

www.musictowers.com/news/newsfeed/nin-release-master-recordings/

trent reznor is just killin it....

[djobserv]

is this at all disturbing, at the state of downloading though?? this is a promo cd, from robust of g4.... not the fanbase of someone like atmosphere and yet the #1 google result comes up as a torrent link.... mind boggling....

[anasarca]

it's hard to predict the future but with the flood of free releases, coupled with the easy accessibility factor...the value of music has depreciated considerably. Actually i think what will happen is that recorded media ironically will lose value (except in small collecting circles), while live shows, and other outlets will become the marks of success.

it's very easy to slip in to an apathetic coma and ask yourself...what's the point already. we can talk on it for days, but i think the trick is finding and sticking to your own personal reasons and agendas for why supporting art, and human beings behind art, is "worth it."

anyway, i think reznor is doing an awesome thing by being both vocal and completely honest about what oink was and what it provided. itunes would learn a good lesson from the diversity of the offerings, the community aspect, and the high bit rates.