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Trent Reznor Says "Steal My Music"

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the unlikely-defense-against-the-mafiaa dept.

THX-1138 writes "A few months ago, Trent Reznor (frontman of the band Nine Inch Nails), was in Australia doing an interview when he commented on the outrageous prices of CDs there. Apparently now his label, Universal Media Group is angry at him for having said that. During a concert last night, he told fans, '...Has anyone seen the price come down? Okay, well, you know what that means — STEAL IT. Steal away. Steal and steal and steal some more and give it to all your friends and keep on stealin'. Because one way or another these mother****ers will get it through their head that they're ripping people off and that's not right.'"

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  1. Re:Has he put his money where his mouth is? by heinousjay · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You've crammed an awful lot of speculation in your post in an attempt to deflate my point, but you haven't actually said anything that does. You should run for public office.

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  2. retarded by treak007 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Are we supposed to fall for another worthless publicity stunt of another celebrity pretending to "be one of us"?

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  3. Re:And who the fuck does it affect ? by Goldberg's+Pants · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I reside in the great nation of Canada, fuckwit, where downloading music is still legal due to the levies we pay on storage mediums like blank CD's which go to the CRIA. (The Canadian courts, when allowing the levies added a caveat that by charging us, the CRIA were agreeing that downloading was legal. The CRIA are now trying to rescind this so they can start suing. Which is great... Except if they do and DO start suing, folk could, technically, use the argument that they're using older media and thus already "paid" for the music.) Levies on CD's... That mean's that Celine fucking Dion gets money whenever I burn a fucking Linux distro. How great is THAT!

    Rather than enter into a long diatribe about how you're a waste of space and need to shove your opinion in that gaping goatse.cx sized chasm you call an asshole, I think I'll just take the path of least resistance, and say "Fuck you" and be done with you, AC scum.