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Originally Posted by Steve
Honestly, it sounds as though you'd prefer that Metallica had contributed nothing, just so you'd have more to complain about...
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I've never said that, though.
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Well, this is where we'll just have to disagree.
I have no problem with someone deciding to give their work away for free. I think it's stupid for them to do it, but it's their choice. Likewise, I also have no problem with someone going to the nth degree to protect that which is rightfully theirs. You, on the other hand, seem to think that their work should be available to anyone who wants it, and it should be available for free.
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When did I ever say their work should be freely available to anyone who wanted it? Dr.Dre ended up doing the exact same thing Metallica did, but there's a reason I don't hate him nearly as much. That reason is that Dr.Dre tried other methods to resolve the situation before asking for millions of dollars and banning people left and right.
As for giving music away for free, that's an incredibly smart thing to do for artists who want to get their music out. Nobody is going to purchase an album from someone no one has ever heard of. But if you give your music out for free, build up a fan base and get people interested in what you're doing (you know, how free radio has done for decades now), then you have enough interest to start charging people. It's how a vast majority of bands start out, Metallica included.
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If colleges "need that money to teach students", then perhaps they should've ensured that websites which allowed illegal file sharing couldn't be accessed. They failed to do that and, in failing to do so, allowed illegal activities to occur on their campuses.
They share culpability...
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Right, and had Metallica been less douchy, they could have asked the colleges to block access rather than slapping them with a ten million dollar lawsuit right away.
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Just because Metallica used the same exact method is neither here nor there. It's their music; they can change the rules when it comes to the distribution of it. If there were thousands of artists who were using the same technology, I'm gonna' bet that Napster could've survived without allowing the file sharing of Metallica's music. Napster didn't do that, though, and they rightfully took it in the ass for having poor judgement...
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Metallica sure does have the right to be as cool or as douche as they want to be. It was their right to take the douche path and I'm not saying they shouldn't have that right. But if they're going to take the douche path, they should expect to be thought of as douches by a lot of people. And they are.