My sentiments EXACTLY. Poor Metallica... I hope they won't wake up too late to find that they've done nothing but become the puppets to their record industry masters.
The recent defeat of MP3.com leads me to believe that Napster will also be shut down. But at what cost? I viewed Metallica as one of the founders of the metal genre that so much of America listens to. After reading the recent news and interviews, there's no doubt in my mind that Metallica has bowed its once musically inspiring heads to the mighty power of the dollar. Napster was wrong to freely distribute copyrighted material. But was it worth it for Metallica to pursue this litigation at the cost of being defamed as sellouts? I've always held "Master of Puppets" and "Fade to Black" as a classic to the metal genre, but when I listen to them now, all I can think of is "How could have these money driven people created such good music?" It's beyond obvious that MP3s and the distribution of copyrighted music (or any type of digital media, as a matter of fact) will not stop. Why Metallica chose to degrade their integrity to attack one instance of a large problem is beyond the scope of my understanding. I can only assume that Metallica's label is using Metallica as their puppets to retaliate against the recent blatant copyright infringements. Kinda puts a whole new meaning to "Master of Puppets"... doesn't it?
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My sentiments EXACTLY. Poor Metallica... I hope they won't wake up too late to find that they've done nothing but become the puppets to their record industry masters.
The recent defeat of MP3.com leads me to believe that Napster will also be shut down. But at what cost? I viewed Metallica as one of the founders of the metal genre that so much of America listens to. After reading the recent news and interviews, there's no doubt in my mind that Metallica has bowed its once musically inspiring heads to the mighty power of the dollar. Napster was wrong to freely distribute copyrighted material. But was it worth it for Metallica to pursue this litigation at the cost of being defamed as sellouts? I've always held "Master of Puppets" and "Fade to Black" as a classic to the metal genre, but when I listen to them now, all I can think of is "How could have these money driven people created such good music?" It's beyond obvious that MP3s and the distribution of copyrighted music (or any type of digital media, as a matter of fact) will not stop. Why Metallica chose to degrade their integrity to attack one instance of a large problem is beyond the scope of my understanding. I can only assume that Metallica's label is using Metallica as their puppets to retaliate against the recent blatant copyright infringements. Kinda puts a whole new meaning to "Master of Puppets"... doesn't it?