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"Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure."
Saturday, September 20, 2003
Lawsuit against file-downloading (Neil Strauss NYT
Monday, September 15, 2003)
...with the escalation of the battle last week (with lawsuits filed against, among others, a 71-year-old grandfather and a 12-year-old girl), some musicians say they are beginning to wonder if the actions being taken in their name are a little extreme.
Cool side
Moby: "How can a 14-year-old who has an allowance of $5 a week feel bad about downloading music produced by multimillionaire musicians and greedy record companies." "The record companies should approach that 14-year-old and say: 'Hey, it's great that you love music. Instead of downloading music for free, why don't you try this very inexpensive service that will enable you to listen to a lot of music and also have access to unreleased tracks and ticket discounts and free merchandise?'"
Dark side
Metallica and Loudon Wainwright 3rd: "If you're going to break the law, the hammer is going to come down."
Mediocre
Rodney Crowell : "I see both sides."
In fact:
Artists do not receive royalties for a CD until the record company has earned back the money it has spent on them. "I don't have sympathy for the record companies," said Mickey Melchiondo of the rock duo Ween. "They haven't been paying me royalties anyway."
Monday, September 15, 2003)
...with the escalation of the battle last week (with lawsuits filed against, among others, a 71-year-old grandfather and a 12-year-old girl), some musicians say they are beginning to wonder if the actions being taken in their name are a little extreme.
Cool side
Moby: "How can a 14-year-old who has an allowance of $5 a week feel bad about downloading music produced by multimillionaire musicians and greedy record companies." "The record companies should approach that 14-year-old and say: 'Hey, it's great that you love music. Instead of downloading music for free, why don't you try this very inexpensive service that will enable you to listen to a lot of music and also have access to unreleased tracks and ticket discounts and free merchandise?'"
Dark side
Metallica and Loudon Wainwright 3rd: "If you're going to break the law, the hammer is going to come down."
Mediocre
Rodney Crowell : "I see both sides."
In fact:
Artists do not receive royalties for a CD until the record company has earned back the money it has spent on them. "I don't have sympathy for the record companies," said Mickey Melchiondo of the rock duo Ween. "They haven't been paying me royalties anyway."
