Originally posted by Jamiephofe
Metallica are rich and famous, but there's no ****ing way they're ever going to stop their music being shared.They should stop crying about it and be happy they make more in a year than most of us in a lifetime. I have downloaded loads of Metallica songs... I have also bought all their albums (apart from st anger).

It's not about who's rich and who's not rich. In the eyes of a Vietnamese sweatshop worker, you make more in one day than they'll ever see in a lifetime.

The issue here is not only about money, it's about the rights of musicians to control the distribution of their music.

Sure, it may seem selfish for Metallica to have shut down Napster, but I'm sure there are some bands out there that are completely behind Metallica's actions, since they defended the rights of musicians.

Originally posted by Jamiephofe
If my CD gets scratched to ****ery or someone steals it.. whats the problem with me downloading the songs? I've already bought a few of their albums twice because they were stolen...

Oh, yes, I forgot, the entire reason Napster was created... so that people could download mp3s for CDs which had been damaged or stolen...


If you own the CD, you can make as many copies as you need [u]for personal use[/u]. That includes backups. In fact, I have a friend who has copied all his CDs and only carries around the copies. That ensures that the originals will always be perfect, and there are no worries about losing the CD.