Monday, June 16, 2003
Metallica Still Mad at Napster Clones
(Cyberspace-AP) -- With all Metallica went through with Napster, do you really think they're going to put tracks from their new "St. Anger" album on song-swapping sites?
Fans who try to download new Metallica tracks from peer-to-peer networks might find rather than getting Metallica, they've gotten incomplete tracks or, worse yet, John Denver songs.
Madonna did something similar when her "American Life" album was released, except fans who tried to download it got a track of Madonna swearing at them.
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
The Record Companies and apparently some musicians are trying to fight back against MP3 file sharing. There are some companies who specialize in flooding file sharing sites with bogus versions of songs. Out of 500 songs I have downloaded it has happened to me once. Interspersed throughout the song was the telephone error beep you get when the recording comes on and tells you the number you have dialed has been disconnected. I never thought Metallica would take this up as a cause. From watching MTV cribbs I don't think these musicians have much to whine about. It's all about greed. I would be embarrassed to be a member of Metallica. The music industry and musicians have to adapt with the times and face the fact that they might lose some record sales to file sharing. There are so many other ways to make money they need to focus on like concerts, endorsements, promotions, private shows, TV-movies. Free file sharing will lead to a fan base some bands may never have acheived and with that comes popularity and name recognition. After that there will be plenty of ways to make the green.
Pearl Jam on the other hand picked a great fight, the battle with Ticket Master and the amount they charge.
(Cyberspace-AP) -- With all Metallica went through with Napster, do you really think they're going to put tracks from their new "St. Anger" album on song-swapping sites?
Fans who try to download new Metallica tracks from peer-to-peer networks might find rather than getting Metallica, they've gotten incomplete tracks or, worse yet, John Denver songs.
Madonna did something similar when her "American Life" album was released, except fans who tried to download it got a track of Madonna swearing at them.
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
The Record Companies and apparently some musicians are trying to fight back against MP3 file sharing. There are some companies who specialize in flooding file sharing sites with bogus versions of songs. Out of 500 songs I have downloaded it has happened to me once. Interspersed throughout the song was the telephone error beep you get when the recording comes on and tells you the number you have dialed has been disconnected. I never thought Metallica would take this up as a cause. From watching MTV cribbs I don't think these musicians have much to whine about. It's all about greed. I would be embarrassed to be a member of Metallica. The music industry and musicians have to adapt with the times and face the fact that they might lose some record sales to file sharing. There are so many other ways to make money they need to focus on like concerts, endorsements, promotions, private shows, TV-movies. Free file sharing will lead to a fan base some bands may never have acheived and with that comes popularity and name recognition. After that there will be plenty of ways to make the green.
Pearl Jam on the other hand picked a great fight, the battle with Ticket Master and the amount they charge.
