Very strange situation with THE BOOK OF MORMON ocr. They've been giving it away through free streaming on the 'net for about a month and now you can outright buy the digi-tunes for $1.99. I guess the show is such a hit that they can afford to skoff at the pittance a recording would earn and would rather use it for promotional purposes.
Even though I had recorded the streaming version, I still bought the hardcopy cd. It is a very handsome package.
Well... Technically, you were not supposed to record the stream, so...

But...
Anyhoo...
I thought I had read that the sale price of $1.99 was actually going to be good until June 13.

I also read that the first Amazon sale of the OCR - when it was $0.99 - actually got the record company off guard.

As for their motivation behind offering it at such a low price - I think they're doing it to make it less likely to be pirated.

And as for packaging - the Book (script) of the "The Book of Mormon" is quite a handsome package too.