Some irony here since Trent had lengthy rant on his blog re: Universal jerking him around as he strives to better interface with his fans and listeners without the participation of the music industry. I wanted to buy download album from Amazon but got the , sorry mp3 files only for sale to US customers. Hmm that’s not very consumer friendly. Especially for something like a music file that is so easily obtained for free via other download channels. Very impressed by the several hundred comments Trent has received from fans on his post. Not just the quantity-many are very interesting as well. Kudos Trent as you take a stand and try to go a different path.

Update: Successfully downloaded new NIN Year Zero Remix Album: Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D and it is brilliant. Great to see what happens when Free Culture is nurtured. You can get Free Culture podcasts here.