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Whole album. In the studio. brilliant.

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Was radioheads idea a massive success or a disaster?

According to this report “2 out of 5 Downloaders Willing to Pay an Average of $6 for “In Rainbows” Album” but strangely enough “The results of the study are based on data obtained from comScore’s worldwide database of 2 million people who have provided comScore with explicit permission to monitor their online behavior. “

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Apparently, Radiohead yesterday released their album online for those that preordered, with up to 1/3 of people paying nothing and getting the album. Well, funnily enough, I paid quite a decent amount and never got the download link. I have already emailed them and Im sure they will sort it out, but it raises the question, If one was to download the album somewhere else, even though they had paid for it, would that constitute piracy? Or if someone downloaded the album and they hadnt paid a cent for it, would that be piracy, when you can quite easily go to their website and download it for free. How about if you gave it to your friends after you had paid for it, would that be piracy when again, its free off their website.

Food for thought.

Radiohead fans will be able to choose how much to pay for the band’s next album, In Rainbows, which is available for download on 10 October

What a brilliant idea from an equally brilliant band!

All you have to do is log onto the site here and decide how much you want to pay for the album and preorder it, then… “You will receive a further e-mail shortly before the 10th October detailing your username and activation code. The e-mail will also provide the link to the download area. ”

Hopefully people wont be putting in 10 cents or something ridiculous, but I think this will show that people are willing to pay for good music, and that we arent all pirates who should be in fear of our lives becuase the RIAA wants to arrest and lock us all up.