Oasis on doing a Radiohead-like album giveaway, “F**k that.”

(Promo photo from the Oasis’ official website)

OASIS fans should not expect Radiohead-style free albums from the Mancunian rockers.

Noel Gallagher is apparently looking to make his money back.

The elder Gallagher brother says fans will have to pay full whack for the band’s next album, Dig Out Your Soul, and dismisses Radiohead’s honesty-box policy of selling albums as “a great way of getting a load of marketing for free”.

He said: “That’s not our bag. I didn’t spend a year in the most expensive studio in England, with the most expensive producer in America and the most expensive graphic designer in London, to then give it away. F*** that.”

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Kid Rock preaches some truth about iTunes

iTunes is a start…..but artists will be able to make more money distributing their own songs, like Radiohead did with their last album. There’s a way to go, but Kid Rock is no fan of iTunes. The songs are over-priced and the quality is very low.

“So the internet was an opportunity for everyone to be treated fairly, for the consumer to get a fair price, for the artist to be paid fairly, for the record companies to make some money.”

But they stuck to the “old system”, he continued.

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Gene Simmons of Kiss blames the death of the recording industry on fans

Radiohead have been blasted by veteran rockers KISS for giving their music away for free.

Bassist Gene Simmons says the British rockers – who gave fans the choice to download last year’s album ‘In Rainbows’ for free or pay a sum of their choosing – says their decision is contributing to the demise of the record industry and insists his band would never follow suit.

Gene – who starred in reality TV show ‘School of Rock’ – said: “The record industry is dead. It’s six feet underground and unfortunately the fans have done this. They’ve decided to download and file share.

There is no record industry around so we’re going to wait until everybody settles down and becomes civilised.

“As soon as the record industry pops its head up we’ll record new material.”

Meanwhile, Radiohead were left with a row of empty seats at a recent French concert after a ticket giveaway backfired.

The eco-friendly group announced 50 passes were available for their show at Paris’ Bercy Arena but fans could only get by cycling to their record label’s offices in the French city.

However, Parisians were not prepared to get on their bikes so 35 tickets went unclaimed.

A source said: “Radiohead are using their current world tour to highlight their commitment to green issues.

“They advise all concertgoers to use public transport and are doing all they can to make their carbon footprint as small as possible.

“Unfortunately the French didn’t appear to share their noble intentions and roundly ignored the free ticket tactic.”

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RIAA refiles case it had dropped so it can shop around for a more lawsuit friendly judge

The ongoing saga regarding the Recording Industry Association of America and what is classified as sharing music has taken another interesting twist as the group has refiled one particular lawsuit.

It was late last year when the RIAA got stricter about file-sharing, claiming the act of making files available for sharing (via a “shared” folder) breaks copyright laws and is available for prosecution.

The pending lawsuits about this unique file-distribution models were shut down after U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake said that making copyrighted material available via a shared folder does not warrant a copyright infringement lawsuit and that the RIAA must prove that the material actually changed hands.

The recent news is that the RIAA has dropped a case that strongly pertains to the “making available” clause, and refiled the case. Rather that directing the lawsuit at the same defendants as before, the RIAA directed it at John Doe (a defendant to be identified later), therefore obtaining a new judge … who may not be so strict about the “making available” clauses.

Nice move, RIAA.

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