As we reported last week, Radiohead will be releasing its new album, In Rainbows, on Wednesday. The band has thrown its fans (and the music industry) a curveball by announcing the album just a little over a week before its release, not providing the press with upfront copies for review, and only offering it via a rather cryptic website. The purchase options are especially interesting; fans can either buy the £40 box set version that includes 7 extra songs and is delivered via physical media, or choose to pay any price that they want (including nothing, as far as I can tell) for the right to download it from the interwebs. I am assuming that only the most diehard fans will cough up the big bucks for the box set, but I have a feeling that lots of people will be checking out the download. So, how much will you be willing to pay for the online version of the album?
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I was playing around with the thing earlier and I believe you have to put at least a penny in and then it will include a 49 cent service charge. So it looks like the minimum it will cost you, of course without downloading it from somewhere else, 50 cents.
All I know is that when I put 0 into the box it allowed me to continue to check out, and then sent me a confirmation email. However, I have no idea if it will actually let me download the album on Wednesday.
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