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Originally Posted by lieasleep
honestly, i'm with the first post in here. I mean i respect metallica on some level but at the same time, they represent everything i hate about music. They are corporate sell-outs. I mean I'm a bit of an extremist because i don't think any artist should be looking to make more than a liveable wage off of their music. Of course, musicians becoming wealthy comes with the larger labels and any degree of higher popularity which can be understood. But, when a band is worth near the hundred million dollar mark (if not more) and is leading a front against peer to peer networking or refusing to play shows due to low ticket sales, the band becomes just low and greedy.
Honestly, i think metallica makes music that is watered down and boring. I would rather play a metallica album than "rock-a-bye-baby," which makes it easy for me to say this stuff. But still, even if you like Metallica can't you at least admit what outright douchebags they are?
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Money is not what is important here! Their music is copyrighted. Therefore it is illegal to download for free. If a band feels strongly about that it should make no difference whether they are millionaires or struggling to make ends meet. I download so again, I'm not trying to be Mr. High and Mighty but what Lars Ulrich did was sue what he saw as the source of millions of people being able to download HIS music for free without his permission and set the ball rolling for Napster being closed down/restricted. Most people hate Lars Ulrich because he took away something they could use to download music so that they didnt have to put their hand in their pocket. Boo hoo.
And gigs often get cancelled due to low ticket sales.
I guess Im just struggling to see the connections between those two examples and "sell outs".