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Orchard CEO Shares Perspective on Free Music on Hypebot

Apr 7, 2009, 10:47am

As part of a week long exploration into the meaning and value of "free", Hypebot asked some of the music industry's most forward thinkers the value and future of free music. Here Greg Scholl, President & Chief Executive of The Orchard shares his perspective on "free". You asked us to share a perspective about "free music". Setting aside illegal filesharing, we think about free [...]

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