What Is BitTorrent?

Thom Yorke really might be a paranoid android

The musician released a solo album, Tomorrow's Modern Boxes, online for $6 on Friday. The twist? It's currently only available on BitTorrent. It's a bit of an unconventional choice, but is in tune with the Radiohead frontman's past methods. In 2007, the band released seventh album In Rainbows online, allowing fans to pay whatever they wanted. The band's follow-up, 2011's The King of Limbs, was put out online a day earlier than planned.

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This new pairing for Yorke's sophomore solo effort with BitTorrent has spawned numerous reactions, from peeved to perplexed to positively pleased. Read more...

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