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While the group recently claimed their latest effort In Rainbows almost "killed the band",Radiohead's guitarist Ed O'Brien stated his thoughts on others saying piracy is killing music. The guitarist noted that even though some won't purchase music legally, they will still continue to support music financially in other ways.

"I have a problem when people in the industry say 'it's killing the industry, it's the thing that's ripping us apart," said O'Brien. "I don't actually believe it is... [Pirates] might not buy an album, but they're spending their money buying concert tickets, a t-shirt, whatever."

In the same interview, O'Brien also offered a few ideas to what the industry can do to resolve music piracy.

"It's an analogue business model in a digital era. The business model has to change," he said. "You've got to license out more music - have more websites selling more music. You've got to make it slightly cheaper to get music in order to compete with the peer-to-peers."

"I find it staggering that the industry seems to be really dragging its heels on this - this is stuff that you could do in one week. Move quicker!"