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Trent Reznor 'disheartened' by state of music industry

Radiohead-like business model has disappointing results for record he produced

Sat 05 Jan, 2008

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I still think of it as a positive thing. As a direct result of this article I have now downloaded an album (albeit for free) by an artist who I may not have checked out in the past. Now that I have the album I would be more interested in paying to go to his shows, buying his back catalogue and so on. Even a free download creates an awareness of an artist, and as Radiohead have shown this week, a later CD release of the same product can still top the charts. If anything, Radiohead's "free" download helped boost interest and sales in the official CD version of their album.

Mon 07 Jan, 2008

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