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Musician James Blake has said he doesn’t care if his music is downloaded for free illegally.
Blake’s second album, Overgrown, is released tomorrow (April 8) and he says he accepts that digital piracy as an everyday fact of life.
Speaking with the Guardian, Blake said he doesn’t hold anything against people who take advantage of torrent sites to get hold of his music for free.
Asked by the paper about people downloading his new album for free he said: “Why wouldn’t you? My label (Universal) is hoping that on 8 April you’ll do the right thing and click the ‘Buy’ button. You should see what they’re doing online just to get people to look at the ‘Buy’ button. I’m starting not to care, to be honest.”
But he added: “Things are changing. The ship [the music industry] isn’t just going down. There are people trapped inside, bashing on the windows trying to get out.”
Blake says he accepts internet piracy as part of everyday life
Blake also admitted that his long-distance relationship with Warpaint’s Theresa Wayman had helped him creatively.
Yesterday (April 6) Blake posted his new track ‘Rake A Fall For Me’, a collaboration with Wu Tang Clan’s RZA, online and is currently streaming the track on his Tumblr page.
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