Metallica following Radiohead and NIN lead

fireheadca writes: Metallica, tool of the RIAA, has hinted at going 'free' in the style of NIN and Radiohead http://www.nme.com/news/metallica/36217. Having heard of their success stories releasing music online, metallica has decided it wants a piece of that action. Radiohead as a pioneer of online 'pay what you want' music, has shown the world that it is possible to profit by releasing music online but would not post those profits. NIN on the other hand has reported at least $1.6 million in revenue. In hindsight, many people remember Metallica as the band that helped shutdown Napster, the free online music archive. This submitter, purchased the NIN album after many years of free downloads of the NIN collection, to help support the band. Would you buy the metallica online album? Until Metallica redeems itself to us, this submitter will not.