Public Enemy sell their tracks via MySpace

Public Enemy have announced that they will sell their new album, the previously reported 'How You Sell Soul To A Soulless People Who Have Sold Their Soul', through individual's websites, online storefronts and social networking sites like MySpace. The band, who have presumably been investigating new ways to sell their soul for a good while now, will use a service called 'Musicane', which allows any internet user to distribute the record, retaining a 15% cut from each sale. This allows nearly anyone to profit from the recording, from a business-minded blogger to an independent record label, providing their site supports Flash. Following Prince's little partnership with the Mail On Sunday, it seems possible that Public Enemy's decision could set another precedent for major artists looking to work outside the traditional record label structure. It could also, of course, fail miserably.