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Old 04-04-2009, 06:47 PM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by Ozarkz View Post
And how many albums did Radiohead sell this way? Not copies. But actual Albums.
1.2 million people downloaded the album thru the promo
they still sold the album in hard format after that
so a lot more than that ultimately.

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And how many years had they been extremely popular and famous before this marketing tactic?
so what they should keep taking up the ass, now that they are famous. They paid for every penny of the promotion out of their 10%.

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It's no secret that the records companies have always taken the biggest chunk of money from the artists.
and you don't see how patently unfair it is to use that ill gotten gains to destroy a distribution method that is more effective and pays the artist more money.
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