Last year, the Dutch indie-rockband Silence Is Sexy released their album via Mininova, a torrentwebsite that’s being chased on by rights protection association BREIN, representing both the Dutch recording industry and movie studios. The album This Ain’t Hollywood has been downloaded over 25.000 times since the release.
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From openbusiness.cc:
A music scene called Tecno Brega making use of an alternative business model has emerged in the city of Belem in Brazil. This parallel music industry has been active for years and has achieved great success. Several hundred new Tecno Brega records are produced and released every year by local artists, with both the [...]