Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Staff Writer, Financial Times

Music Industry "Should Embrace Illegal Web Sites"

August 5, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

The music industry should embrace illegal file-sharing Web sites, according to a study of Radiohead’s last album release that found huge numbers of people downloaded it illegally even though the band allowed fans to pay little or nothing for it. “Rights-holders should be aware that these non- traditional venues are stubbornly entrenched, incredibly popular and will never go away,” said Eric Garland, co-author of the study, which concluded there was strong brand loyalty to controversial “torrent” and peer-to-peer services.

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Sam Harrison

andrew, why don’t you let anyone on the web take your column and post it free, and not get paid by the ft, either…since you love free love and all

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