I love it when people say, "I used to love metallica, then I thought they turned to crap when Load and Reload came out" or "Those greedy bastards should pay for what they did to Napster"
Point #1:
I must insist that you go to
www.wrif.com and listen to the clip, that should quell any worries.
Point #2:
If you had kept up on your information and not jumped on the bandwagon, you would've read the interview with Het and Ulrich on WHY they did what they did. They made a very valid point.
If the record companies make less money, what is the first to go, aspiring artists that are trying to make it.
THAT is why they were against it.
Het also brought up a damn good point, If you like a new band that is trying to make it out of the 'underground' and you download their music but don't buy the CD, thats one less chance for them to afford their career.
Sad smack of reality, it takes a lot of money to start out especially with touring.