FT: Music Labels Should 'Embrace' Illegal Websites
The Financial Times (registration req’d) writes that the music industry should embrace illegal file-sharing websites. That’s according to a study of Radiohead’s last album release, which discovered that “huge numbers of people downloaded it illegally even though the band allowed fans to pay little or nothing for it.”
Sound crazy? “Rights-holders should be aware that these non-traditional venues are stubbornly entrenched, incredibly popular and will never go away,” said Eric Garland, co-author of the study, concluding that there was “strong brand loyalty to controversial torrent and peer-to-peer services.”
As you can probably guess, the RIAA would rather jump
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