"The notion of copyright was not invented by artists to protect themselves from honest individuals sharing their enthusiasm about their work," he writes. "It was invented by artists to protect themselves from dishonest and hypocritical individuals and companies exploiting their work without their consent."
A quote from Richard Parsons, the president of Time Warner Inc.:
"An increasing number of young people don't buy albums, so we are not only losing that immediate revenue. They are growing up with a notion that music is free and ought to be free."
Although it seems unfortunate that metallica had to have that one song (that they put on the mission impossible soundtrack) heard by everyone else before it was done... on the other hand, how can you ignore the fact that the record companies are being sued by 30 states for fixing cd prices? When you talk about theft, the stealing seems to me to be between the middlemen and the end buyers... and no one is the good guy. The musicians are so far out of the loop by now that you can't really say they own anything. They better begin to own up to that. Anyone who's saying they are an amateur musician who'd like to earn a living should talk to prince about what the record industry is all about.
Here's what I suggest, (as an amateur musician myself who sees a lot of people out there thinking that being a rock star is a great way to get out of poverty), Think about what it would be like if you hated your fans for stealing from you... Isn't this an odd mindset for a person who should only appreciate his fans for caring at all? Would you really side with the record companies over your fans? What kind of monster would you be if this happened? Perhaps you might relook your reasons for wanting to be a musician, because its about entertaining people, not making money off of them.
"Welcome my son, welcome to the machine,
What did you dream? It's alright we told you what to dream,
You dreamed of a big star, he played a mean guitar,
He alwasy ate in the steak bar,
He loved his Jaguar,
So welcome to the machine"
-- pink floyd (1975)
So in a sense, music should be free, right? At least music should be free of the commercial hype, the superficial schlock, the taint of the record companies. I'm sorry lars, but I just don't understand. I bought 'kill em all' and 'ride the lighting' about 10 years ago because I thought you were about good music and integrity, and now I want to share that music with my friends, can you really beat down on me for that?
I never would have thought that prince and elton john were cooler than lars ulrich.
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"The notion of copyright was not invented by artists to protect themselves from honest individuals sharing their enthusiasm about their work," he writes. "It was invented by artists to protect themselves from dishonest and hypocritical individuals and companies exploiting their work without their consent."
A quote from Richard Parsons, the president of Time Warner Inc.:
"An increasing number of young people don't buy albums, so we are not only losing that immediate revenue. They are growing up with a notion that music is free and ought to be free."
Although it seems unfortunate that metallica had to have that one song (that they put on the mission impossible soundtrack) heard by everyone else before it was done... on the other hand, how can you ignore the fact that the record companies are being sued by 30 states for fixing cd prices? When you talk about theft, the stealing seems to me to be between the middlemen and the end buyers... and no one is the good guy. The musicians are so far out of the loop by now that you can't really say they own anything. They better begin to own up to that. Anyone who's saying they are an amateur musician who'd like to earn a living should talk to prince about what the record industry is all about.
Here's what I suggest, (as an amateur musician myself who sees a lot of people out there thinking that being a rock star is a great way to get out of poverty), Think about what it would be like if you hated your fans for stealing from you... Isn't this an odd mindset for a person who should only appreciate his fans for caring at all? Would you really side with the record companies over your fans? What kind of monster would you be if this happened? Perhaps you might relook your reasons for wanting to be a musician, because its about entertaining people, not making money off of them.
"Welcome my son, welcome to the machine,
What did you dream? It's alright we told you what to dream,
You dreamed of a big star, he played a mean guitar,
He alwasy ate in the steak bar,
He loved his Jaguar,
So welcome to the machine"
-- pink floyd (1975)
So in a sense, music should be free, right? At least music should be free of the commercial hype, the superficial schlock, the taint of the record companies. I'm sorry lars, but I just don't understand. I bought 'kill em all' and 'ride the lighting' about 10 years ago because I thought you were about good music and integrity, and now I want to share that music with my friends, can you really beat down on me for that?
I never would have thought that prince and elton john were cooler than lars ulrich.