Meanwhile, actor Corey Feldman has criticised the ceremony for missing out his friend and co-star Corey Haim in the memoriam segment of the Oscars ceremony.
So it could have been the very flood of people buying the music inmemoriam that led to the price rise: rather than the expectation of the flood which led to the decision to raise the price.
Gladys Knight sang during the inmemoriam segment, but the beginning of her performance wasn't heard on the live NBC broadcast because of a technical glitch.