Instant Live was a service by

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which provides for the distribution of digital live recordings of concerts and music events, available soon after a performance has ended. Music is recorded and mixed at the event, by personnel inside the company's portable recording vans. The program was rolled out in clubs in

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in 2003, and has since expanded internationally. Live Nation once held a

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on a process for placing markers between songs during a live performance, giving them an effective

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on post-concert

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. The patent was subsequently rejected by the US Patent and Trademark Office after the

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submitted evidence of

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to the USPTO, which was originally researched by competitor DiscLive. To date Instant Live has done live recordings of almost 200 artists, including the Allman Brothers Band, Phil Lesh and Friends, Black Crowes,

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, and Peter Frampton. Instant Live is no longer provided by Live Nation.http://forums.downloadfestival.co.uk/tm.aspx?m=3814370 post by Oracle (Live Nation Official)

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