Kudos to Lily Allen and her record label for embracing the times and doing two smart things. First of all, they are offering a legal free download of ‘Remixed,’ a remix album of twelve songs. Secondly, they are offering the download on all the popular file sharing sites and clients.
The label has set up a special site where you can download the album via Torrents, Demonoid, Rapidshare, zShare, Sharebee, or Megaupload.
In these troubled financial times, the free download aspect is a great promotion for Allen’s latest album “It’s Not You, It’s Me.” Everyone loves free stuff, so there’s a bigger chance of gaining new fans by offering this freebie. That Allen is also embracing the file sharing sites is a great application of the adage “If you can’t beat them, join them!”
You can download the songs or the whole album here.
What's Driving This Trend
- Free File Sharing
- Embrace and offer free download of remix albums through popular file sharing sites to promote new music and attract new fans.
- Legal Downloads
- Provide legal downloads for music albums through various file sharing sites to protect intellectual property rights while still accessing wider audiences.
- File Sharing Promotion
- Use file sharing sites as a way to effectively promote new music and increase exposure by offering legal free downloads of albums.
Who This Affects Most
- Music Streaming
- Disrupt the music streaming industry by offering legal free downloads of new music albums through various file sharing sites, instead of traditional streaming services.
- Record Labels
- Record labels can take advantage of free file sharing sites to effectively promote new artists and music by offering legal free downloads of albums.
- Intellectual Property Rights Management
- Create innovative and disruptive solutions for managing intellectual property rights of music and media distributed through file sharing sites.
