Real Name: Aprill Brandon Gender: female Date of Birth: June 20, 1981 Member Since: September 28, 2007 Last Signed In: October 09, 2008 Profile Views: 3598 Blog Views: 11592 So, like, you want that done now? These kids today, I'll tell you... Why vote? I hear polar bears can swim Oh, those young cell phone loving Democrats Economic woes and the 20-something Is there nothing people won't do for their pets? Stephenie Meyer has made me an addict Goth...you just can't kill it Hurricane Humor Lowering the drinking age debate heating up September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 
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Radiohead's little experiment...
Whudda thunk it, folks? If you give people the option of either paying for something or getting it for free, most people will chose to (...wait for it...wait for it...) take it for free. I know! I'm just as shocked as you are! (Editor's note for the humor challenged: That sentence is dripping with sarcasm...I mean, we're talking Chinese water torture drip). But believe it or not, some people are still surprised by the fact that when British band Radiohead (or as I like to call them "Whiny College Music Band") offered fans the option of paying whatever price they felt like paying for downloading their latest album, "In Rainbows," most people choose the price of free. Well, duh. I may not be very good at math, but I do know that in terms of money, 0 is damn good price. According to YPulse.com, "During the first 29 days of October, 1.2 million people worldwide visited the 'In Rainbows' site...the study showed that 38 percent of global downloaders of the album willingly paid to do so, with the remaining 62 percent choosing to pay nothing." Well, that answers one question. 62 percent of Radiohead fans are smart. I'm sorry but in my opinion, why pay when you don't have to? It's not like Radiohead is struggling for money. Chances are our 6-year-old niece could probably pirate it off the Internet for free anyway. And most of us music fans still want to get back at the music industry for quashing the dream that was Napster (ah, the good 'ol days). That said, however, I applaud Radiohead for embracing the future of the music industry. Offering the music directly to fans at whatever price they deem appropriate (even free), they have sidestepped the traditional music industry way of doing things. And the money goes directly to the band, not to the fat cats chewing on their cigars in their music industry boardroom, which I'm sure is causing a panic among them ("Oh no! We can no longer exploit musicians and their fans and rob them blind! What's next? MTV actually playing music videos?! Oh, the humanity.") Piracy of music and movies will always be around. In college, I knew dudes who could get copies of albums months before they hit the stores. Radiohead has made one bold move as a band and is trying to work with the changes in how people buy and listen to music. I can only hope other bands break away from the mainstream music industry and follow in their footsteps.
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posted by
AprillBrandon
on Nov 7, 2007 at 04:59 PM
LOL! Gotta love that mentality!
posted by
ShureleeUJest
on Nov 7, 2007 at 03:50 PM
Gotta disagree! Last year, we bought a new and larger refrigerator even though the old one worked fine. We placed the old one in the front yard (with the door removed from it's hinges of course) and taped a large sign to it stating "Free refrigerator -good working condition." it sat there for over a week. So i put a new sign up that said "For sale - refrigerator in good working condition - $25.00." That very night, someone "stole it" from the front yard. go figure!
posted by
BjLewis
on Nov 7, 2007 at 01:51 PM
I am for getting music however you need to. Why pay 20-plus dollars for an album when only one or two tracks are good or you only want one song of the CD. That's just stupid to do and I refuse to. I use iTunes and get most songs for 99 cent but I am open to other ways.
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