February 10, 2008

Record Label, Claiming Losses To P2P, Closes; Uploads Music Library To Pirate Bay

A German record label called Dependent Records is closing up shop. Normally this would mean that their catalog of titles, unless purchased by another label, would go eventually out of print and be difficult for existing and potential fans to find. So, as a parting gift to the music community, the CEO of the company, Stefan Herwig, decided to upload the entire catalog to The Pirate Bay. (Mashable)