Wilco on P2P, Digital Music and the Internet

Saint Aardvark writes "As if Wilco wasn't the coolest band in existence anyway, Wired has an interview with them about their relationship with P2P, the Internet, and their fans. For example, they were contacted by fans who'd downloaded A Ghost Is Born before it was released. Lead singer Jeff Tweedy explains, 'They wanted to send money to express solidarity with the fact that we'd embraced the downloading community. We couldn't take the money ourselves, so they asked if we could pick a charity instead -- we pointed them to Doctors Without Borders, and they ended up receiving about $15,000.' Many other choice quotes make this a fascinating read."

Comments

How nice for the fans to donate money

[Neil Blender]

Now, if they did that for all the albums they stole, we could end world hunger.

Is Slashdot just hotlinking Fark?

[kevin_conaway]

This is the second story today (the first being the Pixar) that has been taken off the front page of Fark.

This isnt the first time, just the first time I've bothered to pay attention

Re:Is Slashdot just hotlinking Fark?

[MikeMacK]

hotlinking Fark?

Is that a Heinlein reference?

Doctor's Without Borders?

[Anonymous Coward]

That sounds like a much better charity than the RIAA's Lawyers Without Ethics.

Re:Doctor's Without Borders?

[Zonnald]

Or bands who support RIAA Musician's without Balls

I thought we could download this a long time ago?

[paulschroeder]

Hasn't Roger Wilco been available for download for a long time?

Re:Lost Sales?

[Neil Blender]

I believe any potential "lost sales" are from people who, on one hand, don't want to pay for the music, but on the other, want to enjoy that particular music.

I bought a New York steak at the store for $10.00. I ate it and enjoyed it quite a bit. However, at this point it is a worthless log floating somewhere in the sewer system. Should I have stolen the steak instead?

Re:Wilco

[utexaspunk]

My buddy made me a copy of YHF and that's how I got into that band

You're in Wilco? I didn't know they read slashdot! What do you play? Can I have your autograph? Do you think maybe your buddy could burn me a copy of YHF so I can be in the band, too?

Re:Article's on fark.com too

[Elwood P Dowd]

Since they only care about entertaining and not making music, they'd probably be just another coked-out stripper on the LA Strip, telling you how they're going to make it big and be somebody between lapdances and serving you a $10 cocktail.

Damn. I was worried you weren't going to be able to work any misogyny into that post.

Saved it at the end. Close one.