Thursday, May 4, 2000

Ban Metallica? -- 10:33 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Slashdot's JonKatz waxes philosophical on the recent attempts by the rock band Metallica to go after literally hundreds of thousands of people downloading their music on Napster. His solution? Shut Down Metallica, Not Napster. Here's a snip:

Step One: Let's Shut Down Metallica's attacks on computer users, not Napster. Stop buying the band's music. Urge everyone you know to do likewise until Metallica calls off its legal Rottweillers, leaves kids downloading music alone, and agrees to slug the issue out in court and other venues where it belongs.

Hmmm. I feel a Hun-Speak coming on . . .

J.t.Qbe comments: Ok, normally I think Katz is a dork but he did make a good point: once Metallica portrayed themselves as rebels; now they've become the establishment. What do ya think, A.T.?

A.T. Hun comments: I thought that was the best point of the whole article. I've been following Metallica since my high school days in the early 80s. I can't imagine them doing something like this in the Ride the Lightning days. How the mighty have fallen!

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