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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How nice for the fans to donate money by Neil+Blender · 2004-11-16 09:59 · Score: 5, Funny

Now, if they did that for all the albums they stole, we could end world hunger.
Doctor's Without Borders? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-16 10:00 · Score: 5, Funny

That sounds like a much better charity than the RIAA's Lawyers Without Ethics.
Re:Watch out by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-16 10:23 · Score: 5, Informative

This is nothing, Ween is creating their own p2p app.