Instant Live was 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. Music is recorded and mixed at the event, by personnel inside the company's portable recording vans.
The program was rolled out in clubs in
Boston, Massachusetts in 2003, and has since expanded internationally. Live Nation once held a
patent
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on a process for placing markers between songs during a live performance, giving them an effective
monopoly
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on post-concert
digital recording
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. The patent was subsequently rejected by the
US Patent and Trademark Office
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after the
Electronic Frontier Foundation submitted evidence of
prior art
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to the USPTO, which was originally researched by competitor DiscLive.
To date Instant Live has done live recordings of almost 200 artists, including the
Allman Brothers Band Allman may refer to:
Music
*The Allman Brothers Band, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame southern rock band, formed by Duane and Gregg Allman
*The Allman Joys, an early band formed by Duane and Gregg Allman
*The Gregg Allman Band
People
*Allman (surnam ...
,
Phil Lesh and Friends
Phil Lesh and Friends is an American rock band formed and led by Phil Lesh, former bassist of the Grateful Dead.
Phil & Friends is not a traditional group in that several different lineups of musicians have played under the name, including gr ...
,
Black Crowes
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,
Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma ('' Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
, and
Peter Frampton.
Instant Live is no longer provided by Live Nation.
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References
Music production companies
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