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Title: Record Companies finally woken up by Radiohead Post by: Alex on October 10, 2007, 03:38:09 PM Record Companies finally woken up by Radiohead
Remember 2001, when it was decided that the record industry was going to be brought to its knees by peer to peer sharing? Remember yesterday, when last time we checked, there was still a thriving record industry? But it seems that there is going to be a casualty of all this music/internet/democracy malarky, but don't worry. It's going to be those megalithic-like record companies. And who's to blame? Thom Yorke.Radiohead has made their latest album, In Rainbows, available for download without the support of a record company. The twist? They're inviting people to pay exactly what they want for it. So, you could bag a copy of their new release for as little as 1p, or you could offer to pay the going rate for an album. You could even pay £40 for a special edition box set, complete with artwork, additional songs and vinyl copies. So far, people appear to be using this 'honesty box' system, well, honestly. Read full story... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/neowin-main/~3/167860138/record-companies-finally-woken-up-by-radiohead |