Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has admitted he was among the thousands of people who paid nothing to download the band's latest album.
Last month the group released In Rainbows online and invited fans to set their own price. Speaking to BBC 6 Music's Steve Lamacq, Yorke said: "There wasn't any point. I just move some money from one pocket to the other."
According to one survey, three in five people paid nothing at all for it.
The project, which in October one of the band's managers Bryce Edge admitted was a "risk", was shrouded in secrecy.
"We had to literally tell no-one. I didn't tell my wife we were going to release it like this," said guitarist Ed O'Brien.
Yorke added that no-one was allowed to have copies of the master recording in case it was leaked beforehand.
"Every record that we've done for ages has been leaked. And why not leak the bloody thing yourself?" he said.
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