It's an amazing experience hearing an entire industry coming to its knees, and you can share the experience with Radiohead's In Rainbows. It is a glorious album, and Radiohead continue to thrill me. Thank you Elaine.
But the best thing about this album is the distribution. It's a purely digital solo effort by Radiohead, and ever since the announcement was made, there's been tremblings from the Recording Industry. You can hear them cracking.
Go there, download the album at a price you think is worthwhile, and away you go. I'm happy to pay for the album, the effort, the revolution. It's a bonus that the album is fantastically good.
Added to that is the debacle surrounding Capitol v Thomas (formely Virgin v Thomas). Doesn't ring a bell? The copyright and file sharing case? USD 222,000 for sharing 24 files? Ringing bells now I hope. This all speaks of a change, a fairly imminent change I hope. There's alot of debate over things more than copyright now. For starters, the Recording Industry Association of America has stated that these cases are breaking even and a worthwhile venture, yet the artists (whose interests the RIAA is supposed to be protecting) are yet to see a single cent from all of this. There will be public concern.
So it's a wonderful thing for me, the avid music fan frustrated at the state of the recording industry, to hear the changes happening.
But the best thing about this album is the distribution. It's a purely digital solo effort by Radiohead, and ever since the announcement was made, there's been tremblings from the Recording Industry. You can hear them cracking.
Go there, download the album at a price you think is worthwhile, and away you go. I'm happy to pay for the album, the effort, the revolution. It's a bonus that the album is fantastically good.
Added to that is the debacle surrounding Capitol v Thomas (formely Virgin v Thomas). Doesn't ring a bell? The copyright and file sharing case? USD 222,000 for sharing 24 files? Ringing bells now I hope. This all speaks of a change, a fairly imminent change I hope. There's alot of debate over things more than copyright now. For starters, the Recording Industry Association of America has stated that these cases are breaking even and a worthwhile venture, yet the artists (whose interests the RIAA is supposed to be protecting) are yet to see a single cent from all of this. There will be public concern.
So it's a wonderful thing for me, the avid music fan frustrated at the state of the recording industry, to hear the changes happening.
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