Music | October 01, 2008 | Comment on this video (27)

Free Radiohead Revolution

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Radio personality/video blogger Jay Smooth, of illdoctrine.com, explains to us why Radiohead flipped the game when they released their last album to the internet for free.
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  • xgrape_juicex
  • debrr
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      debrr  
    • Intelligent comparison of old school album experience versus todays music industry in flux. Always look forward to hearing ideas from Jay S. presented in well crafted pods.

    • 4 years ago
  • ze
  • reddevil96
  • Iwinch
  • blackdaylight
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      blackdaylight  
    • don't believe the hype...i respect this cat's opinion, but the record industry not being in control of music distribution is a wonderful thing.
      music is not a physical thing, so in a way mp3s enhance the reality of loving something that's intangible. in fact i would go as far as to say that the reason the corporate music business model is failing is because of its lack of foresight & ability to evolve.
      the experience is listening & feeling the music not unwrapping a package & reading what's on an album jacket [although i do acknowledge that it used to be a major part].
      corporate record labels drained the life out of pop music by forcing artists to believe that the only way they could be successful was by being homogeneous & as life shows us repeatedly when you try to please everyone no one respects your art [see the movie & newspaper, & radio industries]...except for tweens & teens that don't know any better.
      as an independent artist myself i'm very happy to see the "music industry" return to where it belongs, resting on the creativity & industrious spirits of the people that make music & outta the hands of some liquor company executive that just happens to also own your favorite musician's record label.

      now that's game.

    • 4 years ago
  • sogoodwow
  • lyfenlyn
  • andeeandee
  • sajh
    • 0
      sajh  
    • PRO-IP was signed into law, making file sharing illegal, beyond a certain point.

      from the CNET article:

      * Fines in copyright cases dealing with compilations would be increased. Right now, as in the case of Xoom v. Imageline, the maximum penalty for infringement of one compilation is $30,000. Now courts would be able to make "multiple awards of statutory damages" when compilations are infringed.

      * Maximum penalties for repeat copyright offenders would be easier to obtain. Current law says that anyone who "willfully" infringes a copyright by distributing over $1,000 worth of material (including over a peer-to-peer network) is a criminal. The Pro-IP Act keeps the 10-year prison term intact for felonious repeat offenders--but, crucially, deletes the requirement that repeat offenders must have distributed at least 10 copyrighted works within 180 days.

      * Any computer or network hardware used to "facilitate" a copyright crime could be seized by the Justice Department and auctioned off. The proceeds would be funneled to the agency's budget. The process is called civil asset forfeiture, and typically the owner does not need to be found guilty of a crime for his property to be taken.

    • 4 years ago
  • mikeygleason
  • Kentworth
    • 0
      Kentworth  
    • Interesting input, but this is all opinion right? You should have elaborated more. Maybe mention how not only did Radiohead change the approach, but they made more money per album on In Rainbows than any other album they released, and that's a fact. So you may have missed the whole point of why Radiohead did what they did. They are already considered by many to be the best band out there. It had nothing to do with "making the release a big event" it was about saying Fuck You to the major labels. At least that is my opinion. Overall, good work illdoctrine. I will stay tuned for your next rant.

    • 4 years ago
  • cheakywillie
    • 0
      cheakywillie  
    • the thing about buying records(vinyl) these days is that they take a long time to produce physically...
      by the time that packaging done and the record is shipped the mp3 has been on the web for weeks or even months and being a dj
      in my opinion
      its about staying ahead of the game

    • 4 years ago
  • des10
    • 0
      des10  
    • thanks so much for this. it's a bittersweet time in history....

      thousands of precious vinyl records that i'll keep playing by myself until i'm a senior citizen. in the meantime, i'm going to keep 'unofficially' releasing my production through other peoples blogs. ;)

    • 4 years ago
  • kacarlson
    • 0
      kacarlson  
    • music is still as important to those who still take it seriously, but you're right about the experience part. Where is the excitement of the physical deed of buying the actual object? Has it been reduced to a mere click of the mouse? Radiohead is epic anyways, but their approach IS the future. We need to adjust to the digital revolution. and i have licked a record before......Beatles Revolver.....yummy....

    • 4 years ago
  • payray10
  • realfran
    • 0
      realfran  
    • you are so right!!
      i feel that now a days everything is pretty much the same minus the social experience, therefore everything is TOTALLY different

    • 4 years ago
  • jcc474
  • saskia
  • saskia
  • HenryG
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