Radiohead find there's gold at the end of In Rainbows
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| A few weeks ago, the band Radiohead made waves by making their new album In
| Rainbows available online as a free download. But people could also decide
| how much they wanted to pay for it.
|
| [...]
|
| In the programming field, the Linux operating system is an obvious example.
| In the arena of user-generated content, Wikipedia is another.
|
| But while both are examples of open-source collaboration, they are in fact
| very different. Linux harnesses the collective intelligence of a smallish
| band of talented programmers, while Wikipedia engages the energy and
| knowledge of hundreds of thousands of contributors.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/nov/18/digitalmedia.netmusic?gusrc=rss&feed=media
It was a big success.
Related:
Free Radiohead music pirated
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| Big Champagne, a Los-Angeles-based company that tracks illegal downloading on
| the Internet said that while 1.2 million people legitimately downloaded the
| album online, 500,000 picked it up from torrent sites.
|
| [....]
|
| It has also had more copies sold. Radiohead's previous album sold only
| 300,000 copies in the first week.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/18/free-radiohead-music-pirated
Radiohead album bets on fast release, open pricing
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| The release of popular rock group Radiohead's new album next week is the
| latest wake-up call for a music industry still struggling to deal with the
| advent of digital music, experts say.
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http://www.news.com/Radiohead-album-bets-on-fast-release%2C-open-pricing/2100-1025_3-6212107.html?tag=nefd.top
Defendant: RIAA abusing courts to shore up "failing business model"
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| After the lawsuit was filed, Njuguna said she boxed up the PC reportedly used
| for infringement and purchased a new one. She then filed a series of
| counterclaims to the RIAA's lawsuit in an attempt to have the lawsuit
| dismissed and her name cleared. One of those accuses the record labels of
| failing to negotiate in good faith.
|
| [...]
|
| Njugana also accuses the RIAA of engaging in deceptive and unfair trade
| practices, arguing that the record labels have demonstrated repeated behavior
| that has an "adverse effect on the public interest." She also cites former
| RIAA defendant Tanya Andersen's lawsuit (which seeks class-action status) as
| evidence that, unless the courts step in at some point, the RIAA will
| continue its campaign.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070913-defendant-riaa-abusing-courts-to-shore-up-failing-business-model.html
The RIAA will come to regret its court win
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| And, he told his blog readers: "If [the industry tries to] keep up the
| strategy of 'you need us badly and therefore we make the rules' you will lose
| the artists, their managers... and the audience. Another 12 months for this
| Radiohead experiment to become the default approach. Get engaged or get
| outmoded. And do it soon."
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/08/0810_riaa_comment/
Mom Sues Universal Music for DMCA Abuse
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| The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit today against Universal
| Music Publishing Group (UMPG), asking a federal court to protect the fair use
| and free speech rights of a mother who posted a short video of her toddler
| son dancing to a Prince song on the Internet.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/10869/mom-sues-universal-music-dmca-abuse
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