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If that article is right, and my calculations are right (and they may well not be), then Radiohead made £1,322,400 out of the downloads.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 14:55 (sixteen years ago) link
"Radiohead have been bankrolled by their former label for the last 15 years," said Michael Laskow, chief executive of Taxi, a company that helps bands get signed to record labels.
Like the label got nothing out of the deal.
― onimo, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 15:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Taxi, a company that helps bands get signed to record labels
You have get signed up by a company to help you get signed up by a label these days?
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 15:21 (sixteen years ago) link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7103071.stm
Yorke paid nothing for own album
No-one was given copies of the album for fear of it being leaked
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has admitted he was among the thousands of people who paid nothing to download the band's latest album.
Last month the group released In Rainbows online and invited fans to set their own price.
Speaking to BBC 6 Music's Steve Lamacq, Yorke said: "There wasn't any point. I just move some money from one pocket to the other."
According to one survey, three in five people paid nothing at all for it.
The project, which in October one of the band's managers Bryce Edge admitted was a "risk", was shrouded in secrecy.
"We had to literally tell no-one. I didn't tell my wife we were going to release it like this," said guitarist Ed O'Brien.
Yorke added that no-one was allowed to have copies of the master recording in case it was leaked beforehand.
"Every record that we've done for ages has been leaked. And why not leak the bloody thing yourself?" he said.
Every record that we've done for ages has been leaked. And why not leak the bloody thing yourself?
Internet monitoring company Comscore found the average price paid for the album was $6 (£2.90).
American fans were the most generous, paying on average $8.05 (£3.85), compared with the $4.64 (£2.22) paid by those outside the US.
Of those who were willing to pay, the largest percentage (17%) paid less than $4 (£1.90).
However 12% were willing to pay between $8-$12, (£3.80 - £5.71).
During the first 29 days of October, 1.2 million people worldwide visited the In Rainbows site, but it is not clear how many downloads were made.
Radiohead recently announced the CD and vinyl versions of the album will be released in shops on 31 December.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 09:29 (sixteen years ago) link