There's always a rainbow.
Did you guys download the new Radiohead off of their website?
The album is good. It offers the same stylistic endeavors that Radiohead has always so consistently provided. But what makes this album so different than the rest is that it's essentially free (and not because we're pirates).
Let's take a vote. Who thinks that bands should give their albums away for free with an option to donate whatever they feel is the proper value of the acquisition?
I vote yes. Why? Because I'm a fucking economist, and although I do believe in the Tragedy of Commons (no one will pay assuming that someone else will pay), I am FINE being that no one. I like Radiohead, but they don't need my $20 to pay for their extra Ferrari.
Let's take another vote. Who thinks that other bands will follow in Radiohead's footsteps and offer a similar "tip bucket" system?
I vote no. Why? Because I'm a fucking economist, and I know that almost everyone is out there to make a dollar. And not just one dollar, but a bunch of them. The diminishing marginal utility concept doesn't really apply to greedy people. An extra buck will always yield a happy fact.
That's enough of my Radiohead economics lesson. I've officially desecrated this blog.
Download it, now.
3 hours ago
2 comments:
As a poser economist and realist, I also vote yes.
Hell, I've been voting yes since Napster.
This was a marketing gimmick... the album will be put on shelves in 2008. Radiohead are economists too. Sly ones.
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