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6 months after Radiohead says pay as you can, radical music marketing the norm

29. April 2008, 21:43 Uhr

“Because that’s essentially what’s going to happen, it’s going to be out there. Unless they’ve got it watermarked in such a way that they’ll be able to track it.”

- Six months after Radiohead shook the music industry by letting fans determine how much their music was worth, and a year after Prince gave away his album as an insert in a Brit newspaper, such radical ways of distribution are now verging on the norm.

British superstars Coldplay offered up a digital download of their new single for free Tuesday, a little more than a week after Metallica - who have been known to demonize file-sharers - mused aloud about their own possible ventures online.

And while Coldplay and Metallica are just the latest big-name acts to flirt with new ways of connecting with fans, they are especially notable for making such pronouncements while tied to big-name record labels, widely regarded as the obstinate holdouts amid an overwhelming tide of unfettered music sharing. Read more

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