Wilco on P2P, Digital Music and the Internet

Posted by michael on Tuesday November 16, 2004 @09:56AM from the some-people-get-it,-some-people-don't dept.

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."

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$15,000... to the IRS... by MosesJones · 2004-11-16 10:01 · Score: 1, Offtopic

So by most "cash in hand" business they probably raked in about $300k :-)

Maybe this is why the RIAA is publicly moaning about P2P... its raking it in, but doesn't want the IRS to investigate!

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