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Originally posted by Ogre840
arguing isn't going to make this problem better, or worse for that matter; so just STFU. I hate hearing about this piss and drivil day in and day out. Musicians get screwed yes. The label screws them, and people screw them over by d/ling mp3s. But the people getting mp3s from napster and the like are most likely the same people that would trade tapes if we were in the 80's, so either way, there still not going to be spending money on the artists. there are people that are willing to spend UNGODLY amounts on cds, and thats their perogitive.
The bands i like support the MP3 "revolution" by giving away new albums online, free singles online and the such so that their word gets spread. Thats the way it should be, not bitching because a few dozen college fat boys d/l your music to get drunk by.
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Again, the bootlegging argument is horseshit. Fans were trading tapes of Metallica because THEY HAD NO ALBUMS OUT YET. The only way to get the music was by trading tapes of live shows. Well guess what, you can get Metallica albums just about anywhere you look these days, so there is NO excuse for not buying the albums except for either unbelievable cheapness on your part, or a complete and utter disregard for musicians who want to make a living.
As for Metallica weeping over their TV in their mansion (or whatever the hell that poster said), I guarantee that most of the money Metallica has made has been by tireless touring. You think a band like the Beatles would be millionaires today? They didn't tour for most of their career. If they wanted to just do studio albums, they wouldn't make shit, as peopel would just be stealing their music instead of paying for it.