The British alternative rock band Radiohead caused a sensation when they announced on their website on October 1, 2007 that the new album In Rainbows was completed and would be released in 10 days for free. Fans were instructed to obtain a registration code in order to download the new album in MP3-format. Music consumers were left to determine the price on their own – ranging from US$ 0.00 to US $ 99.99. The response was overwhelming, and within a few weeks more than 1.2 million downloads were counted. According to the Internet market research firm comScore, 38% of the fans paid an average of US $ 6 per album, which resulted in US$ 2.4 million in revenue. Is this business model really as revolutionary as it appears at first sight? Continue reading ‘The Radiohead Revolution?’
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