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Re:Radiohead's Warm Glow (or how economists don't understand... by chaostheory on Wednesday October 17, 2007 @12:26AM (#68935)
well it took years to build their fanbase with previous albums and touring; and I could be wrong but I think both recording an album and touring around the world have significant costs in both time and money which don't always result in fruition (big risk). Luckily it worked out for radiohead
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Re:Radiohead's Warm Glow (or how economists don't understand... by dfranke on Wednesday October 17, 2007 @12:38AM (#68940)
That's why I was careful to specify marginal cost. What you're discussing is fixed cost.
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Re:Radiohead's Warm Glow (or how economists don't understand... by chaostheory on Wednesday October 17, 2007 @12:52AM (#68945)
you have me there - i just felt that you were making light of their fixed/sunk costs

[to be fair - I didn't specifically mention marginal costs in my arguments =) hehe ]

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Re:Radiohead's Warm Glow (or how economists don't understand... by juanpablo on Wednesday October 17, 2007 @12:32AM (#68938)
As well as create a successful startup. That's not the point.

It's a product not a service, so they work the same if their album is downloaded a hundred or a million times.

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