[BNM] Open pricing for new Radiohead album

[Joe Aliferis]

but free stuff can still be licensed...

joe


paul perrin wrote:
> Thats a good point - apart from the DRM, what is the copyright/performing
> rights situation - if it is available for all to download/hear free can I
> burn a few copies, bundle some posters and sell them at the local car boot
> sale?  Can I remix it? do covers etc...
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> On 03/10/2007, Kelvin Newman <kelvin.newman at sitevisibility.co.uk> wrote:
>> Have they actually confirmed it'll be DRM free?
>>
>> I imagine it will be; but just because it's available free/negligible
>> doesn't mean it'll be free of restrictions?
>>
>> kelvin
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org
>> [mailto:bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org] On Behalf Of Barry Bloye
>> Sent: 03 October 2007 09:32
>> To: Brighton New Media
>> Subject: Re: [BNM] Open pricing for new Radiohead album
>>
>> On 03/10/2007, Martin Gordon wrote:
>>> On the whole this feels like a cynical gimmick that will leave the
>>> download album worth less in the eyes of real fans and push them into
>>> paying the £40 for the deluxe package. At least that is my hunch on how
>>> this will pan out.
>> Die-hard fans are going to buy the box set, yes, but I think the
>> intention of the download open-pricing is to make the album appeal to
>> people who otherwise wouldn't have bought the CD or paid £8 for it on
>> iTunes. I imagine it will still make more money for the band than they
>> would have got through their slice of CD sales.
>>
>> I don't think this is necessarily a realistic model for all artists,
>> but if anything, it will hopefully demonstrate that cheap, non-DRM'd
>> downloads equals more sales!
>>
>> Baz
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