60% paid nothing for new Radiohead album

More than 60% of music fans who were allowed to set a price for downloading Radiohead's new album 'In Rainbows' refused to pay anything.

Of the 38% of fans that paid for it, the majority refused to part with more than $4 (€2.60), and only 4% paid more than $12 (€8) for the MP3s, according to Internet research group ComScore.

The study shows that in the 29 days after the online release, the Radiohead site received more than 1.2 million visitors - most to download the album.

The survey found US fans were willing to pay more than Radiohead devotees around the rest of the world - 40% of Americans who downloaded the album paid for it, compared to 30% of fans outside the US.