A digital archivist is being discouraged from posting restored version of R.E.M 's first cassette demo . Universal issued a Digital Millennium Copyright Act ( DMCA ) takedown notice for on Analog Loyalist 's site . ( Rolling Stone ) -- `` These were demos freely given away by the band . The original tapes are in storage at Columbia Records, and they have been digitally remastered to remove all traces of analog noise.
A digital archivist is being discouraged from posting restored version of R.E.M 's first cassette demo . Universal issued a Digital Millennium Copyright Act ( DMCA ) takedown notice for on Analog Loyalist 's site . `` These were demos freely given away by the band . The original tapes are in storage at Columbia Records, and they have been digitally remastered to remove all traces of analog noise.