Only just read the first part of this weeks 2.1 and wanted to comment quickly before moving on to the rest:

I am familiar with the Radiohead album being "free" to download and the "controversy" it caused. It sounded like a stupid idea to me--why put all that work into something and not receive any monitary compesation (b/c how many people are actually going to pay, 2 in 6 apparently).

One band I listen to, however, has the same sort of idea. http://www.modlife.com/angelsandairwaves