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Hit the nail on the head there. The band is providing these shows at the same cost they were sold at shows, to give people the option of re-living a show they had experienced, but may not have been able to purchase back when they saw it. At the shows themselves, the DSPs were limited and if you didn't show up to that booth in the beginning of the show it was all but certain you missed out. Not only that, you got a CD-R to burn the show, that usually didn't even fit the whole show. This format (online and allowing you to buy whatever show you want, not just the one you went to) is perfect. Some bootleggers may be upset that they can't get it for free, but...the band isn't forcing you to buy these from the site. There are many ways (which I do not support and will not explain) to get these without paying for them, but that's your choice.

 

Thanks Adam, I wasn't sure where to direct him.

 

Shinoda actually addressed that statement once in a post on his site in October of 2008 but it's longer there; thankfully, someone quoted the whole post here. And, then, it was brought up again in this entry, only a few days later. :3

To quote some of the first post,

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POSTED BY ASH_QWERTY, HOW TO: ARTIST ROYALTIES, INDIE V. MAJOR
We can hardly judge Warner for what they're doing though can we? I mean, we've all downloaded some LP music off random sites without paying haven't we (sorry Mike)? Although i know download all my non-cd tracks off 7digital.com- honest . But Mike & LP even support this- they're that kind of band. Still, screw Warner . Everyone on the LPU Forums hates them anyway!

M: The part about downloading is actually a common misconception; I don't support stealing music. Artists work hard to make and put out their songs, and they should be able to reap rewards from their work. I do, however, accept the fact that, the way the internet is, I can't stop anyone from stealing it. Some people want to chase down every peer-to-peer network and shut it down. I think that approach might simply be unrealistic.
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That's interesting.

I'm not trying to spread any false information here, or start rumors when I (still to this day) don't know the facts...but notice how he said "Qwerty (Live)" was free? Well, when LPA premiered Qwerty exclusively a few months before it's OFFICIAL release on LPU6, it came from an unknown source and was uploaded to a website that positively nothing to do with Linkin Park (and actually was the homepage of someone not connected to Warner at all). The band never protested us having the song up (at least...we were never contacted about it personally) and the link to the song was even linked on the band's official myspace.

But wait..it get's better...

That same anounymous source? Gave us Remember The Name. We never were told who gave us the track, or what, why or how it made our way to us...and that mystery has never been solved...even 5 years later. Whoever got the track, managed to sneak it past Warner/Machine Shop without them knowing. Hmm....

 

Sure it was the same source?

 

The files were uploaded to the same directory, so while I cannot 100% say yes...the odds are likely that the same person was involved.

 

Ah. I see. I never knew what was going on behind-the-scenes, so, yeah.

 

It was probably some nice dude in Warner who leaked the tracks, but it's always great to speculate. Makes for good water cooler gossip .

 

Would be quite funny if the culprit who gave us those two tracks was actually him.

But again, not gonna claim things I can't prove are true .

 

Reznor didn't really do that stuff until ... like, 2007. Or something. Although I think he did criticise the industry his entire career.

You have been implying that this whole time, so, like, yeah.