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Mr. Moustache - Jun 26, 2003

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  Mr. Moustache Jun 26, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Metallica Slams Bush - June 21, 2003 



Thanks to: Hotpress.Com



In a candid, and often entertaining question and answer session with readers of Irelands Hot Press magazine, Metallica have claimed reports of the US military using their song "Enter Sandman" as a torture method for Iraqi prisoners as a "tragedy". Answering questions asked of them by their Irish fanbase Metallica responded by saying " That, to me is a very sad thing. It's a God-damn shame. It's a serious misuse of our music". 



In offering his opinion of George Bush, band member Kirk Hammett was direct and unfaltering in his view, "He won this election by proxy. I don't think he was qualified in the beginning to led this country and I don't think he is qualified now. In my opinion he¹s got a lot of blood on his hands".


Thoughts on this?

I'll stay opinionless on this one for now, but I think if you read my signature you can easily see how I feel about things as they are.

 Gaz_2_k Jun 26, 2003
Metallica........Altho they have some great music (not many tho) they REALY suck when it comes down to it.........They were the ones that started the whole 'let's get Napster shut down' thing (yea......THANKS A F***ING LOT LARS!).....now they have a pop at the US military for 'serious misuse' of their music

RETARDS!

:smash


 Jaded God Jun 26, 2003
Yea I hate Lars I hope he rots in hell :devil :flamethrower:

 remysf3 Jun 26, 2003
Let's just imagine what the world of downloading copyrighted material would be like if nobody took a stand against this like Metallica did with Napster. I am split on the issue, I feel that the artist should have protection, but again music can be expensive like software, unless you are rich, most common people couldn't afford every single cool thing they like. Most of us here use that as an excuse, hell I do. But it doesn't go without complaining, why does Office XP have to cost so much money, it turns me off. Just so I can do my work, Iāll find something else. Man that import Saturn game is cool, but screw that, this guy wants too much money for it, some FTP must have it. Wow the White Stripes new album is out, but money is tight, let me see who can āshareā it with me. Just goes on and on. So I think that Metallica just made things interesting, plus I'm a hard rock metal fan!! But this thing on using music to torture people with is just nuts, it doesn't matter who it is, it can be Kenny G, it is just more annoying than torturing. That's just my opinion.

(cut the caps eh?)

 mal Jun 26, 2003
Pirate all the software or music you want, but for god's sake don't try to justify it.

If you can't afford to buy a CD and download it instead, you're breaking the law. Simple as that.

I'd be a hypocrite if I condemned you for breaking copyright laws - and that's not what I'm doing - but I can't stand it when people try to justify it.

 Jurai Jun 26, 2003
too bad metallica no longer makes music thats even worth pirating

 tsumake Jun 26, 2003
"War doesn't determine who's right; it determines who's left."

That's right. But, I'm not antiwar. Chew on that....

 Taelon Jun 26, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by mal@Jun 26, 2003 @ 11:12 AM



 Pirate all the software or music you want, but for god's sake don't try to justify it.



If you can't afford to buy a CD and download it instead, you're breaking the law. Simple as that.



I'd be a hypocrite if I condemned you for breaking copyright laws - and that's not what I'm doing - but I can't stand it when people try to justify it.


I have abolished CDs for good after I was given my first-ever copy-protected CD, which was Testify by Phil Collins.

It would not play in my computer drive, my portable or my wife's car stereo.

That, to me, is the last straw. I have NO shame downloading music instead if the record companies want to screw me like this.

I have not bought a CD in *years*, at least not a new release.

FTR, I was able to extract some (but not all) songs from the CD as .wav files. I did get all my favorites that way. Have yet to sell the album.

 tsumake Jun 26, 2003
I think MP3s are fine as a piece of software. Actually, ask any audiophile and they'll tell you that MP3s suck. Too much compression, you lose a lot of the song. If I do get/burn MP3s they're usually recorded at 320 kps - I've heard that some people will only listen to WAV files, which are 20-50 megs depending on the song. Honestly, I only download albums to preview before I buy. I previewed Marilyn Manson's latest album and then I bought it. Believe me, there is a difference in quality.

I think the music industry has only two real options concerning MP3s:

1. Create new forms of music media or promote existing "fringe" ones like SACD or DVD-A :

I like this one because, and I could be way off, MP3's take CDA tracks, which are tens of megs large, and converts them to one-tenth its size. I would assume a track on a DVD-A would be hundreds of megs large, perhaps even bigger. Even if one uses the best compression, they would still be too big to regular download. This is all assumption, I would gladly like to be agreed or disagreed with, if one supplies an answer. Anway, I think SACD or DVD-A should sound better than regular CDs today, so I'm all for it!

2. Go with the flow, start distributing albums over the net:

Companies have all ready started to do this, but not to a large extent. Perhaps a pay-to-download version of napster will be created, e.g. 99 cents per song, discounts on albums, etc. Yes, there will be hacking and "freebies" but at least the companies will be able to control it better. I don't like this option because, as stated before, MP3s suck

That's my two cents. Can anyone verify my DVD-A theory? Thanks.

 tsumake Jun 26, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Taelon+Jun 27, 2003 @ 12:29 AM-->
QUOTE(Taelon @ Jun 27, 2003 @ 12:29 AM)