Posts Tagged ‘benn’

Want $3,000 for free? Pirate your own album.

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Benn Jordan (AKA The Flashbulb), a recording artist who uploaded a torrent of his own new album before his fans did, not only outlines the statistics of the donations returning the generocity, but compares them to CD sales after ditching his previous record label deals.

So, did I do good? Is piracy helping my income or hindering it? Well, if you don’t count the cost for gear, hiring musicians, or any of the other expenses that go into making, manufacturing, or shipping an album…I have grossed…

Pirated by iTunes, Artist Turns to BitTorrent

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

The Flashbulb, aka Benn Jordan, became so outraged when he discovered that iTunes was effectively pirating his music, that he uploaded copies of his latest album to BitTorrent. TorrentFreak caught up with Benn to learn more about the decision to stop distributors and ‘coked-up label reps’ from getting all the cash.

The thing RIAA is scared of is that their billion dollar backbone can no longer shelter people from exploring music themselves. Their business plan had evolved into telling the world what they will want to listen to and buy, and now they’ll…

Apple being sued - artists not receiving suitable royalties

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Benn Jordan, aka the flashbulb, posted a lengthy article about the industry which surrounds him and how both online and offline music retailers totally rip them off.

If you can read this, then you’ve more than likely downloaded this album from a peer to peer network or torrent.