Re: Metallica is not Greedy.

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: : : : : : There is a lot of discussion on the web about the Metallica/Napster lawsuit. What are your opinions on this whole business? Did Metallica "sell out" when they initiated this lawsuit, or are they just protecting their rights to control their own music? : : : : : I think Metallica lost 300,000 paying customers when they had 300,000 of their fans barred from Napster. : : : : : Do you think the 300,000 Metallica fans that the Band had barred from napster are every going to purchase another Metallica CD? : : : : : These 300,000 Metallica Fans they had kicked off of Napster were some of their Highest Paying customers, having Purchased many Metallic CDs. Will they continue buying Metalllica CDs? I don't think so. : : : : : When you can afford to get rid of 300,000 fans who purcahse your CDs, you must be very wealthy. : : : : : Robert Lee Johnson : : : : : The Guitar Man : : : : : htt://www.mp3.com/theguitarman : : : : Metallica have just as much right to sue for copyright infringement as any software company or any other business. Would you rather Metallica just go back to work at a 'real' job and do music as a hobby only on the weekends? They could, but then they wouldn't be able to tour, and since they'd be paying bills with all their 'job' money, that wouldn't leave much for equipment repair, etc. : : : : Theft is theft - wake the hell up and stop siding with Napster and all the 'poor downtrodden fans' who wouldn't have bought the CD as long as they can get it for free. : : : : Copyright means what it says - the RIGHT to COPY something. You cannot copy someone else's material and pass it around the net - that's called piracy (you know, where 80% of Photoshop users got Photoshop) : : : : If anyone's too stupid or lazy to spend a little cash for a CD, you really don't need to be on a computer - you're taking up valuable bandwidth that can be used for more important things. : : : JD: : : : There are two completely different views on this topic, it's kind of hard to side with one or the other. But, as someone up there put it blantly, Theft is theft, and it IS no different than stealing, these guys worked their asses off for 18-19 years, WOULDN'T YOU BE PISSED if someone was stealing all your shit that you worked so hard for???? Then again, this lawsuit does make Metallica look greedy, MP3's were never meant to illegally copy copyrighted music easily, they're there for the littler bands to get their music out and to promote themselves, if you want a metallica song, go out and buy it, there's no need to copy it into an MP3 and spread it all over the world. Just about every music store in the world carries metallica in some for or another, so get off your lazy ass and go spend $15 for any of their awesome CDs, you won't be dissappointed. I absolutely can't stand it when someone walks out and buys a CD just for one stupid 3 min pop shit song. That's why they copy these stupid things into mp3s, because that's what they think is the only good song. try listening to the un-"overplayed songs on the radio." give metallica a break, besides, they're not the only ones sueing...