The Creative Commons blog notes that Nine Inch Nail's Ghosts I-IV – which was freely available under a CC license – was the best selling MP3 album on Amazon in 2008.
Creative Commons Licensed Album Amazon’s 2008’s Top MP3 Seller
January 7, 2009
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Awesome!
This is the start of things to come. Goodbye outdated model.