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Originally posted by Rikard:
Or to Quote one of my favorite music makers Dave Grohl
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"I think it's a good idea because it's people trading music. It has nothing to do with industry or finance, it's just people that want music and there's nothing wrong with that. It's the same as someone turning on the f****** radio, it's the same as someone putting a cassette in a cassette deck when the BBC plays a special radio session. I don't think it's a crime, it's been going on for years. It's the same as people making tapes for each other. The industry is more threatened by it because it's the worldwide web and it's a broader scope of trading, but I don't think it's such a f******* horrible thing. The first thing we should do is get all the f****** millionaires to shut their mouths, stop bitching about the 25 cents a time they're losing."
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Interesting. Dave Grohl is a millionaire, he's bitching and he shouldn't open his mouth. (Unless he's singing)
It's fine for him. He's made his money. Let's hear what Anastasia said about it. Her first record lost hoards of sales through Napster. Sales=exposure/hype=career. Lucky she's still got one.
I still say it's up to the individual artist and whether they willingly allow music sharing. Taking something that is for sale and not meant to be free is, by definition theft. Of course we all want to get free stuff.
Grohls referral to tapes is horse----. That was considered theft in it's time as well (Though hardly enforcable). Some artists wondered why their own record companies made BLANK cassettes at all. I mean what did they think was going to be recorded on them? Anyhow there was a loss of quality with cassettes so it wasn't really an issue.
The radio is a means of PROMOTING music. You don't always get to hear the songs you want when you turn on the radio (some would say not at all
). If folks liked what they heard on the radio enough, they would buy it.
From Mr. Grohls lucid and illuminating posturing I think we can now take it that grabbing Foofighters Music is not Piracy. However from the lawsuit I suppose grabbing Mettalica's is.
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O.K..... what do I do now?
A fair dinkum laughing Hyena!
[This message has been edited by Yorick (edited 04-09-2001).]