A testament to what a band's open camera policy can do:

[Initech]

On the recent Wave Goodbye tour, we were unable to professionally film the band's performance of The Downward Spiral at Webster Hall, due to exorbitant fees requested by the LiveNation venue. Our open camera policy, however, remained in tact, and as soon as the show ended fans took matters into their own hands, organizing online to track down everyone who had filmed HD footage of the show. Now, only two months later, the group has released a polished, edited, downloadable DVD of the full Downward Spiral performance from Webster Hall. The entire thing has been recorded, edited, and distributed entirely by fans, and it's the latest example of the amazing things fans will do when their creativity isn't limited by outdated, misguided restrictions.

www.nin.com to download the DVD files.

[unpossibles]

1. that's awesome

Plus, honestly with cameras getting smaller and better, I see them being used to record shows, even ones with 'no camera' rules, so it's kind of Sisyphusean to try to prevent it anyway.

[Initech]

3. Yeah exactly.

I was watching the videos at lunch - the thing is more polished than a lot of commercially available DVDs I've bought.

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. Outstanding!