Over in the world of Sub Cult we are having issues with file sharers sharing the limited edition promo MP3’s that we send out to artists. Most of the artists on the promo list are hand selected and include a lot of big name artists in the Techno scene.
This issue is not just happening with Sub Cult, other digital labels seem to be having the same issues.No one seems safe from file sharers.
I currently use Google Alerts to tell me when new sites are indexed that contain Sub Cult and Torrents. There popping up every few days at the moment sharing the tracks that are not due for official release anytime soon.
Time for a new project. Myself and aka Carl at Sub Cult and some other independant labels are going to head out to tackle the filesharers by devising a system to work out which artists may be sharing the files.
More info on this in the near future when we brainstorm some ideas.
The post that I created with Carl can be found on the Sub Cult Blog.
Shane
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Tags: Google Alerts, Sub Cult
This is easy, not sure if you got it sorted or not, but you can imprint each copy with a fingerprint that only you can detect, then you just match the torrented files against the fingerprints you have and find out who it is. Pain for a short while stamping each one for each artist, but will be fairly quick to see who’s doing it.