Local Vancouver radio station XFM aired some of the new Radiohead tracks leaked on the Internet, saying the buzz it creates is worth risking legal action. Pat Cardinal, station manager and program director at rock station 104.9 XFM, insists any publicity is good publicity in the battle to stay competitive with fans sharing music for free on the Internet.
“This stuff isn’t supposed to be released for three months but it’s all over the Internet and we can’t ignore it,” he said Thursday. “What’s dangerous is if listeners start going online to hear new music, we have to be there no matter what.”
Cardinal posted on the station’s Web site a “cease-and-desist” order from EMI Music Canada, the band’s Canadian label, ordering XFM to stop airing unauthorized Radiohead tracks. [from jam & canada.com]
Radiohead news on this day..
- Radiohead to play White River Amphitheater – 2008
- Stanley Donwood working at his desk – 2007
- Thom Yorke blasts music ‘retards’ – 2006
- Second Radiohead tribute Peru – 2005
- Defy Magazine reviews Com Lag EP – 2004
- Com Lag EP – Skttrbrain update – 2004
- New York theater play with Radiohead music – 2004
- HTTT to be released as a Special Edition and on double vinyl – 2003
- Colin: “Stealing wrong music is wrong” – 2003
- New song: Paperbag Writer – 2003
