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Radiohead Helps Fans Make Crowd-Sourced Live Show DVD

Posted by Soulskill on from the welcome-to-the-riaa's-hitlist dept.

Kilrah_il writes "After having a go with a Name-Your-Price album and an open-source video, Radiohead is again breaking new ground, this time with a fan-based initiative. A group of fans went to one of the band's shows in Prague, each shooting the show from a different angle. By editing it all together and adding audio from the original masters provided by the band, they have created a video of the show that is 'Strictly not for sale — By the fans for the fans,' adding, 'Please share and enjoy.' Can this be the future of live show videos?"

3 of 103 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Nine Inch Nails did this first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Not really. NIN produced a music video for free, not the processed sounds of animals being put thru an industrial shredder aka radiohead.

  2. Once again Slashdorks get it wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Just like how they think they're revolutionaries because open software now has a little label and a mascot...

    This kind of thing really isn't anything new. And this isn't the oasis in the desert you think it is. Radiohead wants to give away one video and that's it. They're not going to do this for every show like the Grateful Dead did.

    And as for their "open album"? They already said they'd never do it again. I wonder why that is.... Hmmmmm... Even an established band is having a hard time making enough coin to cover their costs when the potential price is zero. But Slashdorks will never see it that way.

  3. Re:I'm not a Radiohead fan... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I had already downloaded the files from The Pirate Bay and listened to the album. I really liked the album and thought it was one of the best albums of the year. So I went to the official site and payed $5 to Radiohead.

    The point was not to get the files (the same ones that I already had). The point was to vote with my wallet for a price which I think is reasonable for 10-12 good songs in medium quality lossy encoding.

    If they had released the songs in FLAC as well as mp3 (mp3 for compatibility) I would have payed about twice as much money.

    If people complain that they didn't get enough for their money, I would argue that they should have payed less for their download. Maybe I'm a weird person.