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Re: The Who Mailing List Digest V7 #202



In a message dated 8/1/00 8:56:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
TheWho-Digest-Owner@igtc.com writes:

> 
>  yeah, lars ulrich from metallica whines b/c their new single disappear was 
> released by bootlegs, like his bank acct has suffered!!!! 

This is precisely the point! Lars and Metallica are loaded. They went past 
the point of financial worry a long time ago. How about the bands who aren't 
so well off? Will the future be that an artist puts his blood, sweat and 
tears into a recording (to say nothing of the enormous investment in time and 
recording costs),  have 1 person pay their $15.98, and 10 million download it 
for free?  What they are fighting for is CONTROL of their music to release 
and distribute as they see fit. As you said, Pete releases demos on his site 
and on the Scoop albums. It was his decision, and he made it. This is 
completely opposite to what is going on with Napster. Metallica had no part 
in the decision to put their toons on Napster,  to say nothing of the 
stealing of a work in progress. Pure hijacking. And don't believe for a 
second that Napster isn't out to make a buck, like every other business. They 
are trying to establish a large user base, which they can then deliver to 
advertisers. All off the hard work of the un-paid artists. Why is everyone's 
well placed anger towards evil record companies turning into wildly 
mis-placed justification for stealing from artists?
                        Peace,
                                Shawn McKelvey