Xyw13;19214 wroteLinks are green in the text , for those lazy to look, I post here one
lol @ the article.
I'm not saying illegal dling doesnt help the music industry, but they're saying it for all the wrong reasons in that article.
The way Radiohead promoted themselves was via internet and via downloading, unlike so many other artists/bands/groups/whatever.
So just because Radiohead's popularity increased by clever marketing on the internet, does no mean that illegal downloading is actually helping the music industry as it is right now.
As I recall, an earlier study showed that the music industry was making less profit than before (though not very damaging).
Who knows, maybe in the future if all artists would promote themselves the way Radiohead did and still does, they might actually get somewhere...
By the way, on a side note: Radiohead once tried selling their music on their website by letting people download it "for free" and let the downloaders decide how much they want to pay for it. They didn't make enough profit in that way, so they ended up selling their album in stores anyway.
EDIT: This should be in the music section instead
