"I will pay artists. I will *NOT* pay labels. "

Radiohead's In Rainbows CD is being released on an independent label - two, to be precise: TBD and XL. Independent labels work off a 50/50 revenue split with artists. Any money they have left over goes to suing the RIAA for antitrust violations: look at the history of Impala and AIM if you want chapter and verse.

So ... if you don't want Radiohead's In Rainbows on CD, don't buy it.

If you want it, then you have no excuse for not paying the artist.

But it sounds like you just don't want to pay the artists.

Why be such a stingebag, Morely? Who are you trying to kid, here?