In Rainbows is out, and downloadable for zero pounds, but necessarily zero cost. As of today, the website is slow, but just about functional. If you can get through the slashdotting, digging, or possibly a hypothetical real world source of megatraffic, it will ask you for lots of details: name, email address, postal address, postcode, and mobile number.

Alternatively, get it from The Pirate Bay. No private data changes hands, it’s arguably legal, and the download takes minutes and is immune to traffic swarms.

I have my doubts that “free” distribution will catch on. Are Radiohead comfortable with people sharing the album through non-official channels, bypassing their data collection? Are they just doing it because they’re now part of the rich, liberal elite who can afford to absorb the costs of filesharing, like rich, liberal elites in general argue passionately for taxes they can comfortably afford? How many mega-bands are there these days anyway?