I know people must be tired of talking about this subject, but i'd just like
to say how my opinion has drastically changed over the past couple weeks. I
actally hadn't even used Napster until after they were un-shutdown. Having
never used it before, my thoughts were that Metallica was being ridiculous
about it because there is no way that they'd loose a substantial amount of
money because of it. I saw the whole thing as a way for people to buy more
CD's because they could easily hear more music that they otherwise would
never hear, and then be convinced into buying a full length album. Well
after I jumped on the bandwagon, I found that my initial thoughts were so
wrong. I am the biggest addict of Macster (napster's bastard stepchild), but
at the same time couldn't agree more with Metallica over why it should be
shut down. I love the thing to death and would absolutely hate to see it
disappear, but if I were a big time band, I really would start to worry. I
came to a realization the other day that I may never have to buy a Cd again.
In the past few weeks, I must have "stolen" hundreds of dollars worth of
music that i otherwise wouldn't ever have bought on my own. I am an avid
music collector, but I've tried to stay away from certain groups because I
was afraid that I would then have to go collect every piece of music that the
artist has ever produced. Now I've done that and couldn't be happier. I've
bleeped blopped and blooped until the sun came down every night, and now I
have a deep collection that is being added to every day. All of those old
pieces of vinyl that people put out as first releases that I thought I would
never ever find....I finally have! It's absolutely incredible. Of course
there's certain artists that I would have to buy the CD just because I want
the great packaging, artwork, or info, but for the most part I have
everything I could possibly need with the help of a free program, a full time
job, and an unrelentless T1 line. So all in all, trying to shut down Napster
was certainly not blatant greed. The greed is now mine. It's a
contradiction because I can't live without it, but I am fully aware of how
dangerous it is to the music industry.
TekDz9er
quoted 16 lines Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 07:33:00 CDT>Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 07:33:00 CDT
>To: ian@webice.net, idm@hyperreal.org
>From: "Twine sound" <twine_sound@hotmail.com>
>Subject: RE: [idm] "assholes" metal/lica?
>Message-ID: <F248FopYC98Bi89Qtpf0000028c@hotmail.com>
>
>I just had to throw my 2 cents in. Who could respect a money-grubbing
>band
>like metallicocksuckers. Trying to shut down Napster was the most blatant
>
>show of greed I have ever seen. I never liked them to begin with. If
>you
>want to hear good metal, check out RUINS from Japan! :)
>
>Peace,
>Chad
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