Radiohead controversy shows limits of knowledge in an Information Age
Nate Anderson, writing for Ars Technica:
At the beginning of this last week, Internet metrics firm comScore [released the numbers for Radiohead’s experiment]. They had the numbers; it was all there in black and white. $6 average downloads. 60 percent of downloaders unwilling to pay anything. US users paid more than everyone else ($8.05 vs. $4.64).
Just one problem: Radiohead says that the numbers aren’t true.
So the reported numbers are “wholly inaccurate” too? Will someone just report the real numbers so this experiment can be labeled a success and we can start the move to a better online distribution model?
