Metallica sued Napster for file sharing rights 0n it's music several years ago. I'm sure anyone who listens to music remembers this happening and as far as I'm concerned it was bogus. I know that there are a lot of people out there that can relate to Metallica. It's their music so they want their rights cared for. But what if music became a creative commons and they no longer have the right to say who can and cannot open source it? All of a sudden Metallica has a HUGE fan base, more than before, buying concert tickets at outrageous prices, buying merch from their website, stores begin to sell their merch because that's what the people want. Metallica is an awesome band, they've been on the music front for a long time but we don't hear from them much anymore because they charge such exorbitant amounts of money to use their music on anything; games, movies, and the web. I don't mind making file sharing a little more artist friendly, but let the people have your music without kicking screaming and throwing a fit. It will only benefit you in the end!
Read the article here and give me YOUR opinion on file sharing.
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