In a move that echoes Radiohead’s “pay what you want” strategy, rapper Allday is giving his fans a choice.
“[I'm] not sure what my label is going to say about this but if you are broke, you have my permission to torrent my album when it comes out,” the rapper wrote on Facebook.
But he was quick to appeal to those “with a $20 note” to pre-order online his debut album, Startup Cult.
The federal government has indicated that it will introduce measures to curb the practice of illegal downloads.
That could be a hard sell when artists themselves are condoning the use of torrents.
Allday’s musical venture comes as Australian consumers continue to gripe about uneasy access to other cultural pursuits, like their favourite overseas television shows.
Torrentfreak reported the season finale of Game of Thrones (GoT) set a new piracy record, with roughly 1.5 million illegal downloads during the first 12 hours.
Illegal downloads of the finale were found to be particularly popular in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. The reasons for this are varied, ranging from complicated copyright deals to outright impatience.
Consumer group Choice said Foxtel, who screens GoT to subscribers in Australia, had only itself to blame for the huge number of illegal downloads.
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