60 PER CENT OF RADIOHEAD FANS PAID NOTHING FOR IN RAINBOWS
More than 60 per cent of music fans who were allowed to set a price for downloading RADIOHEAD’s new album IN RAINBOWS refused to pay anything.
Of the 38 per cent of fans that paid for it, the majority refused to part with more than $4 (GBP2), and only four per cent paid more than $12 (GBP6) for the MP3s, according to Internet research group ComScore.
The study shows that in the 29 days after the online release, the Radiohead site received more than 1.2 million visitors - most to download the album.
The survey found U.S. fans were willing to pay more than Radiohead devotees around the rest of the world - 40 per cent of Americans who downloaded the album paid for it, compared to 30 per cent of fans outside the U.S.
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