30 Seconds To Mars singer Jared Leto has admitted the band have considered giving their new album, 'This Is War', away for free.
The band are currently putting the finishing touches to the album in the studio with producer Flood (U2, Depeche Mode, NIN. Sigur Ros, PJ Harvey, The Killers etc.), and Leto admits releasing it as a free download is an option.
The actor turned rocker told Rock Sound magazine: ''Anything can happen, you never know what the future will hold. Maybe we will just throw our new album on the internet and see if anybody wants to take it. We have never made a penny from selling a record anyway so why would it matter to us?''
Last summer it was announced that 30 Seconds To Mars' label Virgin/EMI were suing the band for $30million claiming Jared Leto and co. failed to deliver three albums in time, as required on their contract.
30 Seconds To Mars May Give Third Album Away For Free
February 11, 2009
by Scott Colothan
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Perfect solution. EMI gets their third album, sees what it's like to work for free, and the downloadees transfer their $15.98 to a certain mysterious PayPal account so certain mysterious people can afford to eat and pay the rent again.
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- What is going on?? Why for free? I want to buy it!!
- yes, goooood; i'm happy jejeje
- what's not to get? If the album is released for free then Virgin can't claim the proceeds
- Omg!!!! I want to buy the album though!!! What if they put it up as a free download, then do what NIN did with The Slip and put it in stores to buy!!!! I'd feel totally guilty for getting it for free (like I did with The Slip...) and have to buy it to contribute to certain people's rent/food/law suit/etc (like I haven't done yet with The Slip...)!!!!!!!!
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