syphoon - Slashdot User

Submission + - New Radiohead album's price: You choose

Submitted by syphoon on Sunday September 30, 2007 @10:01PM

syphoon writes: British band Radiohead have announced the forthcoming release of their new album "In Rainbows" on October 10th. Unencumbered by a label contract, they have opted to sell it as both a download and a disc box. The interesting part? Not only will it be DRM-free, but the price of the download is completely up to the customer.

Submission + - Radiohead allows fans to decide on price 2

Submitted by

radicalskeptic

on Sunday September 30, 2007 @09:19PM

radicalskeptic writes: "Radiohead, a band known to be unhappy with other music download services, has decided to release their next album, "In Rainbows", in two formats: a £40 boxed set and a digital download. What's the catch? Customers who purchase the digital download are able to name their own price for the album. This is the first Radiohead release since their contract with EMI expired. As "The Majors" continue to lose relevance, can we expect more of this type of experimentation and flexibility from independent artists?"

Submission + - Microsoft readies patent battle with OSS

Submitted by

Fred Oliveira

on Sunday May 13, 2007 @07:22PM

Fred Oliveira writes: "Forbes has an in-depth article about Microsoft's plan to go to war with open source software over what they argue are over 235 patent infringements. Clearly just another step in the big ladder of "we don't know what we're doing, so we sue out of cluelessness", but it looks like the gents in Redmond are serious this time."

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