Instant Live
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| Instant Live | |
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| Type | |
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| Founded | United States (2003) |
| Headquarters | Beverly Hills, CA |
| Key people | Live Nation |
| Industry | Music |
| Products | Live Concert recordings, Compact discs, downloads |
| Website | www.instantlive.com |
Instant Live is a service by Live Nation which provides for the distribution of digital live recordings of concerts and music events, available soon after a performance has ended.
The program was rolled out in clubs in Boston, Massachusetts in 2003, and has since expanded internationally. Live Nation once held a patent on a process for placing markers between songs during a live performance, giving them an effective monopoly on post-concert digital recording. The patent was subsequently rejected by the US Patent and Trademark Office after the Electronic Frontier Foundation submitted evidence of prior art to the USPTO.[1]
Among the bands and artists who have made Instant Live recordings are Allman Brothers Band, Phil Lesh and Friends, Black Crowes, and Yo-Yo Ma. To date Instant Live has done live recordings of almost 200 artists.
Music is recorded and mixed at the event, all from Instant Live's portable recording vans[2].
[edit] References
- ^ EFF Kills Bogus Clear Channel Patent (13 March 2007). Retrieved on March 22, 2007.
- ^ Johan Bostrom (27 September 2005). Instant Concert CDs Combat Piracy. PC World. Retrieved on March 22, 2007.
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