R.E.M. Releases New Videos Under Open Source License | Linux Today

R.E.M. Releases New Videos Under Open Source License

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 15, 2008

“R.E.M. today released 11 videos for the first song from their
forthcoming album, all in MP4 format in HD and under an open source
license. ‘Supernatural Serious,’ is the first single from the
band’s next album, ‘Accelerate,’ due to be released April 1st.

:Viewers are encouraged to remix the videos and share them on
the song’s YouTube page. The band will not be doing a Radiohead and
offering the album for free, but this is an interesting twist
somewhere in between that approach and the standard industry
practice…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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