Ravi Mehta and the Virtual Goods Insider

Ravi Mehta has a great blog the Virtual Goods Insider...

In addition to a great number of cool posts about new business models (like Trent Reznor's work below) Ravi also did an excellent expansion article on the MMORPG structures applied to anything talk that I have at GDC08

Is Nine Inch Nails Saving the Music Industry?

• For Free. The first volume of the album (9 songs) is being released under a Creative Commons license and are available via the album’s website (which, as of this writing, has fallen over due to demand) and BitTorrent (Trent personally uploaded the album to key BitTorrent sites such as The Pirate Bay).

• For $5. The full album (36 songs) is available digitally from Amazon or from the Nine Inch Nails website.

• For $10. Get a two-disc set packed with a 16-page booklet shipped on April 8th. Also includes immediate digital download.

• For $75. The deluxe edition comes in a hardcover fabric slipcase with two audio CDs, one data DVD (multi-track), and a Blu-Ray disc. Also includes immediate download.

• For $300. This limited edition version comes with four LPs on 180 gram vinyl, fabric slipcase, and two Giclee prints. The set is limited to 2,500 copies and is personally signed and numbered by Trent.

-Erik <div

Originally posted on LiveJournal