Re: Metallica backs file sharing

On Tue, 6 May 2008 14:01:05 +1000, Michael C wrote:
 
> Old news. The author might have done well to view the Metallica movie (Some

> Kind of Monster) from 2004 where Lars had basically completely reversed his

> opinion on the topic then. This had nothing to do with money.

Is that a free to download movie?  (Seem to recall reading an
interview? by Metallica saying they had loads of "free downloads" on
their site going "way back" or words to that effect.
> 
> BTW, that was an excellent movie even for non metallica fans. My better
half 
> is not a fan but was rivetted.

I don't care for them myself.  What did she find so 'riveting'?
> 

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> Great U turns of our time
>
> By Nick Farrell: Monday, 28 April 2008, 8:11 AM
>
> POPULAR BEAT COMBO and bunch of corporate crybabies Metallica has
> finally seen the writing on the wall and decided to support file
> sharing.
>
> In 2000, the group was behind the lawsuit that killed Napster and
> became one of the loudest critics of file sharing. The band has had a
> change of heart, apprently, after seeing the huge wads of cash
> Radiohead and, err, Cliff Richard, made out of sticking albums online.
>
> In a statement the band said that its fight was not about downloading
> really, it was about piracy and the money that the artists make.
>
> At the time of the Napster lawsuit, pretentious Metallica shed builder
> Lars Ulrich said: "We take our craft - whether it be the music, the
> lyrics, or the photos and artwork - very seriously, as do most
> artists. It is therefore sickening to know that our art is being
> traded like a commodity rather than the art that it is."
>
> As a result of the band's cynical U turn, it appears that Metallica is
> doing only one more album with its current record label, Warner.
>
> Anyone with more than two operational synapses to bang together might
> think that band members have realised that they can make a lot more
> money on their own by embracing the Internet without the label taking
> a cut.
>
> Rock 'n' Roll, eh? µ
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Old news. The author might have done well to view the Metallica movie (Some 
Kind of Monster) from 2004 where Lars had basically completely reversed his 
opinion on the topic then. This had nothing to do with money.

BTW, that was an excellent movie even for non metallica fans. My better half 
is not a fan but was rivetted.

Michael 

"waves" <waves@1.1> wrote in message 
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> Is that a free to download movie?  (Seem to recall reading an
> interview? by Metallica saying they had loads of "free downloads"
on
> their site going "way back" or words to that effect.

I don't think this is a free download as it's a complete movie produced by a 
film company.

> I don't care for them myself.  What did she find so 'riveting'?

The movie is just completely different from what anyone would expect. Lars 
is very much into art and talks about his feelings a lot which embaresses 
Jason Newstead. Until Jason comes out of therapy and starts talking about 
his feelings and "abadonment issues". You'd have to see it as nothing
I 
could say would do it justice. I had to pretty much force my better half to 
turn it off at 1am so we could sleep and the first thing she did in the 
morning was put it back on.

Michael