Just a quick note before I talk about music sharing, Lar Ulrich is a CUNT. Period. I hate him mostly for Metallica turning their backs on their core fans by getting way too commercial. I guess you can't argue with their sales, but I can be pissed with shit like St. Anger and ReLoad after getting hooked on Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets.
As for file sharing, I of course would want to get paid as a musician for my music. That only makes sense. Musicians make up the music, play it and put themselves out there for people to buy.
But there is a flip side to this. As a member of a small band trying to break big, I LOVE it when people share our music. We need exposure, and if someone likes us enough to put us on a P2P network or just burn a CD-R for a friend, that's great.
But Metallica and bands on that level are another story. They sell millions of albums worldwide, and the money can add up. The thing is I've always heard that bans make a majority of their money out on tour, not on record royalties. I mean they make some, but not that much. So if their music is that good, people will come to see them on tour, and the only people getting shafted at all are record companies. Not that they shouldn't get their money, but Lars needs to shut up.
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