Ok protecting whats theres is in the right, i agree with that...but invasion of privacy isnt..i cant speak for everyone, but for me i am not mad at the band protecting their copywrite, i am mad at the change of attitude from one that faught the establishment, to one that is only concened about the money they get paid...metallica have lost their way...and have become another poprock band...and now they are stooping to invasion of privacy just because a few ppl downloaded their songs....i download mp3z, and if i like the songs i buy the album, if i dont, i delete them, i am sure other ppl work this way too...if metallica wants to stop this "illegal trade" of their music, maybe they should do the world a favour and stop recording...at least until they realise that what they have become is what they were fighting in the first place...and until they drop this crappy pop-rock comerciallised sound, and until they stop acting like spoilt children, i wont buy anymore CDs...and neither will a lot of other fans. I mean, dont they make enough money already?
I was once a tallica fan...really got into AJFA, then took a look at the earlier stuff. Then they gave us this Load/reLoad, and s&m crap. It seems to me that metallica have become what they were once fighting against. Once upon a time they would have ENCOURAGED free trade of their music. I bet Cliff Burton is rolling around in his grave with what metallica have become. They have been on a downward sprial since he died and they replaced him with that dick Jason, who is not as one user suggested "the only musician in the band" he is the least musical...Kirk would be the most musical in my opinion. I use Napster as a source of rare recordings that i am unable to locate or have lost over time. And if the band wants to sue me for taking an intrest in the past they so readilly shun, then fine, bring it on.
Its stupid to think that a "rebelious" band would stoop so low as to "spy" on their own fans...People, listen to meshuggah, they are the new breed....and frankly they rock harder then metallica ever did;)
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Ok protecting whats theres is in the right, i agree with that...but invasion of privacy isnt..i cant speak for everyone, but for me i am not mad at the band protecting their copywrite, i am mad at the change of attitude from one that faught the establishment, to one that is only concened about the money they get paid...metallica have lost their way...and have become another poprock band...and now they are stooping to invasion of privacy just because a few ppl downloaded their songs....i download mp3z, and if i like the songs i buy the album, if i dont, i delete them, i am sure other ppl work this way too...if metallica wants to stop this "illegal trade" of their music, maybe they should do the world a favour and stop recording...at least until they realise that what they have become is what they were fighting in the first place...and until they drop this crappy pop-rock comerciallised sound, and until they stop acting like spoilt children, i wont buy anymore CDs...and neither will a lot of other fans. I mean, dont they make enough money already?
I was once a tallica fan...really got into AJFA, then took a look at the earlier stuff. Then they gave us this Load/reLoad, and s&m crap. It seems to me that metallica have become what they were once fighting against. Once upon a time they would have ENCOURAGED free trade of their music. I bet Cliff Burton is rolling around in his grave with what metallica have become. They have been on a downward sprial since he died and they replaced him with that dick Jason, who is not as one user suggested "the only musician in the band" he is the least musical...Kirk would be the most musical in my opinion. I use Napster as a source of rare recordings that i am unable to locate or have lost over time. And if the band wants to sue me for taking an intrest in the past they so readilly shun, then fine, bring it on.
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Its stupid to think that a "rebelious" band would stoop so low as to "spy" on their own fans...People, listen to meshuggah, they are the new breed....and frankly they rock harder then metallica ever did