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'''Interscope Records''' is the record label to which [[Nine Inch Nails]] were signed from 1992 to 2007 , after a much-publicized feud with [[TVT Records]]. Ultimately , TVT entered into a joint venture with Interscope Records that allowed [[Trent Reznor]] to begin releasing NIN albums on his own [[Nothing Records]] imprint, set up with his then manager, [[John Malm]].
Interscope was acquired by Universal Music Group in 1998, and now operates as one third of UMG's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label group.
==Signing Nine Inch Nails==
Interscope co-founder Jimmy Iovine first became aware of Nine Inch Nails in 19911990, during their meteoric Lollapalooza runheadlining [[Hate Tour]]. Iovine knew that many competing record labels were eager to sign NIN, and were considering legal litigation routes to help NIN get out of their record deal with TVT, though that would be a difficult fight. Iovine took a different tack, and tried to convince TVT owner Steve Gottlieb that it would be in his best interest take on a partner. Every day for almost a year, he would call Gottlieb, Malm, and Ross Rosen (NIN's lawyer) to try to convince them to make a deal. In summer 19921991, Gottlieb finally relented, and Interscope assumed NIN's recording contract. While TVT was still ostensibly involved in the contract, they became essentially a silent partner, with no creative control.
Reznor, who had not been involved in the negotiations, was extremely wary of this new record label. His fears, however, were allayed after his first meeting with Iovine. Iovine asked him what he needed from the label, and Reznor said he wanted complete creative control from recording all the way through packaging and releasing. Iovine agreed and asked what else he wanted. Reznor asked for a record label that he could use to sign other bands, and thus the [[Nothing Records]] vanity label was born. After the meeting, Reznor presented Interscope with "''[[Broken"]]'', which had been recorded in secret to avoid interference from TVT, and that became the first Nine Inch Nails release on Interscope. [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7089858/]
==Criticism==
We are planning a full-length remix collection of substance that will be announced soon.</blockquote>
===Self Release?Leaving Interscope===
After the above post, Reznor stated in an interview that he was interested in self-releasing future material:
<blockquote>Hello everyone. I've waited a LONG time to be able to make the following announcement: as of right now Nine Inch Nails is a totally free agent, free of any recording contract with any label. I have been under recording contracts for 18 years and have watched the business radically mutate from one thing to something inherently very different and it gives me great pleasure to be able to finally have a direct relationship with the audience as I see fit and appropriate. Look for some announcements in the near future regarding 2008. Exciting times, indeed.</blockquote>
After leaving Interscope, Reznor created [[the Null Corporation]] in order to self-release his material.
===Remixing===
In a posting on nin.com on 11/November 20/, 2007, Reznor explained that the launch of [[remix.nin.com]] that was supposed to accompany the release of ''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]'' and all ''Year Zero'' [[multitracks]] had been delayed due to a legal hitch caused by Universal:
<blockquote>My former record company and current owner of all these master files, Universal, is currently involved in a lawsuit with other media titans Google (YouTube) and News Corp (MySpace). Universal is contending that these sites do not have what is referred to as “safe harbor” under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and therefore are in copyright violation because users have uploaded music and video content that is owned by Universal. Universal feels that if they host our remix site, they will be opening themselves up to the accusation that they are sponsoring the same technical violation of copyright they are suing these companies for. Their premise is that if any fan decides to remix one of my masters with material Universal doesn’t own – a “mash-up”, a sample, whatever – and upload it to the site, there is no safe harbor under the DMCA (according to Universal) and they will be doing exactly what MySpace and YouTube are doing. This behavior may get hauled out in court and impact their lawsuit. Because of this they no longer will host our remix site, and are insisting that Nine Inch Nails host it. In exchange for this they will continue to let me upload my Universal masters and make them available to fans, BUT shift the liability of hosting them to me. Part of the arrangement is having user licenses that the fans sign (not unlike those on MySpace or You Tube) saying they will not use unauthorized materials. If they WERE to do such a thing, everybody sues everybody and the world abruptly ends.