Radiohead rocked the music industry

    On Wednesday, the music industry, which was responding very slowly to the trends of the time and dragging out the decision to adopt a scheme for distributing music via the Internet as equal to the traditional one, suffered another shock. The British group Radiohead, which in the past had the glory of one of the most ardent fighters against Peer-to-Peer networks, released its new album “In Rainbows” exclusively in mp3 format and on its own, that is, without the participation of record labels. You can purchase it on the official website of the group. But as if the “joy” of record companies without this would have been incomplete, the group made their album almost free - everyone can pay for it exactly as much as it sees fit, without any restrictions.

    The release of the album on CD is expected only next year. By Christmas, a tangible edition of only £ 40 will be released in tangible form. No less popular Oasis and Jamiroquai

    have already announced their readiness to act with their future albums . The leader of the Nine Inch Nails group Trent Reznor, impressed by the decision of Radiohead, decided to completely go online, as he wrote on the main page of her site. The approval was also expressed by many other performers and their managers, who, obviously, were already tired of observing the inaction of the labels amid the constant and rapid decline in CD sales in recent years.

    And, which can not but rejoice, all these events seem to have become a good "fried rooster" for the record industry. According to Rolling Stone magazine, the owner of EMI sent a letter by internal mail advising employees to pay close attention to the Internet and carefully think through and evaluate the prospects that it opens. The very first statistics on downloading the album “In Rainbows” shows that the percentage of those who did not pay a cent for it is so small that it can be neglected. And perhaps it is the model used by Radiohead that can counterbalance the decline in CD sales.

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