Nine Inch Nails releases music on The Pirate Bay

Quite often we hear about the music industry issuing statements claiming that they sue those illegally sharing music in an aim to push consumers to legitimate sources to help the artists.  If music file sharing was such a major issue for the artists, surely all the artists would oppose file sharing.  However, this does not seem to be the case for Nine Inch Nails.  Now, not only has the industrial rock band made some tracks available on BitTorrent, quite surprisingly, the torrents were uploaded to The Pirate Bay! 

As many are aware, The Pirate Bay is considered one of the largest BitTorrent trackers and indexers, not to mention the most wanted by the entertainment industry to have shut down, with many past failed attempts.  The closest was May 2006, where the site was brought down, only to spring back to life a few days later.

While some may wonder why an artist would even consider using this method of distribution, it actually has significant advantages over other methods.  For example, there is minimal cost of using BitTorrent to share out content due to the way the network works and it is much cheaper than trying to get them aired.  It also helps get the artist better known to a wider audience, making consumers more likely to obtain and potentially purchase its upcoming tracks and bring more fans to its concerts.