Grey Tuesday, the first ever music industry protest, was surprisingly successful yesterday as 170 websites hosted free downloads of Danger Mouse’s The Grey Album. The album, which samples The Beatles The Beatles, commonly called The White Album, and Jay-Z’s The Black Album, is an unreleased underground hit and has also garnered critical praise.

Yesterday’s protest was the first act of civil disobedience by the public against both sampling laws and file-sharing prosecution. After ignoring cease-and-desist letters from EMI, which owns the publishing rights to The White Album, the host sites now face possible litigation.http://greytuesday.org/