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Monday, October 1, 2007
4:32:00 PM EDT
Hearing Nothing at the moment
Here's where things get interesting: Radiohead, arguably the most critically acclaimed rock band of the last decade, has decided to release its next album for sale online. How much will it cost? Whatever the fans want to pay:
The message "It's up to you" appears when clicking on a question mark next to the price of a download for their seventh album, "In Rainbows," due out Oct. 10. The band began accepting pre-orders on its Web site Sunday.
A completed transaction showed the album can be bought for as little as one pence (2 cents), plus a 45 pence charge for using a credit or debit card...
For Radiohead, a top-selling act for about 15 years, the decision poses little risk to the band members' personal fortunes. But it could prove to be an interesting case study in how successful a group can be in compelling fans to shun illegal downloads and pay what they think the band deserves.
I suspect that Radiohead will actually do okay from this -- it has enough fans out there with disposable income that they won't blink at giving the band a decent amount of money for the music; considering that most bands get only a fraction of the amount of the money their fans usually pay for a CD, Radiohead could actually make more money even if fans end up paying less. It's that whole "eliminating the middleman" thing.
If it does work, it's going to make a lot of music companies very very nervous.
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4:32:00 PM EDT
Hearing Nothing at the moment
How Much Would You Pay?
Here's where things get interesting: Radiohead, arguably the most critically acclaimed rock band of the last decade, has decided to release its next album for sale online. How much will it cost? Whatever the fans want to pay:
The message "It's up to you" appears when clicking on a question mark next to the price of a download for their seventh album, "In Rainbows," due out Oct. 10. The band began accepting pre-orders on its Web site Sunday.
A completed transaction showed the album can be bought for as little as one pence (2 cents), plus a 45 pence charge for using a credit or debit card...
For Radiohead, a top-selling act for about 15 years, the decision poses little risk to the band members' personal fortunes. But it could prove to be an interesting case study in how successful a group can be in compelling fans to shun illegal downloads and pay what they think the band deserves.
I suspect that Radiohead will actually do okay from this -- it has enough fans out there with disposable income that they won't blink at giving the band a decent amount of money for the music; considering that most bands get only a fraction of the amount of the money their fans usually pay for a CD, Radiohead could actually make more money even if fans end up paying less. It's that whole "eliminating the middleman" thing.
If it does work, it's going to make a lot of music companies very very nervous.
Tags: Radiohead, Online Music, Pay what you want
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