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The Grateful Dead vs. Archive.org

Posted by Zonk on from the not-quite-dead-yet dept.

An anonymous reader writes "E! Online has an article about friction between archive.org and the surviving members of the Grateful Dead. They have come to an amicable understanding after some confusion involving online bootlegs." From the article: "A week after some of the surviving members of the Grateful Dead ordered a nonprofit site to remove free downloads of the seminal jam band's concerts--sparking massive online backlash and a Deadhead petition calling for a boycott of all band-related merchandise--the band has reversed its position. 'The Grateful Dead remains as it always has--in favor of tape trading,' spokesman Dennis McNally tells the Associated Press. "

7 of 395 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I would have thought by dbmasters · · Score: 0, Troll

    oh boy, that is both clever AND original...for a 3 year old...

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  2. Re:I would have thought by captain_dope_pants · · Score: -1, Troll

    Grateful Dead ? Pah !
    They're not grateful and they're not dead ( at least not all of them ) ;-)

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  3. Re:Quotes from the band by LordSnooty · · Score: -1, Troll

    The drummer is the least significant component of any rock band. How these guys managed to call the tune is beyfond me. Just sit at the back and bash the pads, would you?

  4. Fuuuuuuuck U by steve-qc · · Score: -1, Troll

    You rejected this from me yesterday. THen I saw it on the first page of digg.com Now it's here you suck

  5. Re: Bumper Sticker by OctoberSky · · Score: -1, Troll

    I have seen this in a bumper sticker.
    But the best/worst G.D. sticker I have seen was my friends...

    "I'm Grateful He's Dead"

    Grateful and Dead were in the Grateful Dead font.

  6. Hippies by ThurstonMoore · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hippies suck.

  7. Re:WWJD by iocat · · Score: 1, Troll
    What Would Jerry Do?

    Heroin?

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