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Lars Ulrich Pirates His Own Album

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'm-sure-the-tags-on-this-will-be-friendly dept.

rudeboy1 writes "Lars Ulrich, drummer for Metallica, and long time opponent of file sharing admitted to 'pirating' his own album, Death Magnetic last year. 'I sat there myself and downloaded "Death Magnetic" from the Internet just to try it,' he said. 'I was like, "Wow, this is how it works." I figured if there is anybody that has a right to download "Death Magnetic" for free, it's me.'"

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  1. Re:You Have Stolen From Your Bandmates & the R by JCSoRocks · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm pretty sure all musicians with a big contract sign their rights over to the label. Some acts in the past have actually gotten rich enough to buy back the copyright and have exclusive control over their music, but not many do.

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  2. Re:You Have Stolen From Your Bandmates & the R by DragonWriter · · Score: 5, Informative

    When you P2P, you not only take the data for yourself, you also help spread the data around.

    That depends on the P2P network you use and your application. Its certainly possible to download off of some P2P networks with some clients without sharing anything.