http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Wed, 4 Jun 2003 21:00:17 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/06/04/084231.php#comment-10559 Don't see the irony here. Metallica wants to distribute its own music on the web. Metallica doesn't want other people to illegally distribute their music on the web. Makes sense to me. 10559@blogcritics.org Wed, 4 Jun 2003 21:00:17 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/06/04/084231.php#comment-10500 Lars is at least <a href="http://www.yourcongress.com/ViewArticle.asp?article_id=407">consistent</a>: "I don't have a problem with any artist voluntarily distributing his or her songs through any means the artist elects-- at no cost to the consumer, if that's what the artist wants. But just like a carpenter who crafts a table gets to decide whether to keep it, sell it or give it away , shouldn't we have the same options?" <b>and</b> "Make no mistake, Metallica is not anti-technology.... If the next format is a form of digital downloading from the Internet with distribution and manufacturing savings passed on to the American consumer, then, of course, we will embrace that format too." And this isn't Ulrich <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1023-244144.html">first venture into online distribution</a>, either. I originally started typing "Liar, liar, pants on fire" in here, but then I realized that while I don't agree with Lars on lots of things, he isn't lying here. If it has always been about control, he's just exercising the choice he has demanding that he have. 10500@blogcritics.org Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:56:18 EDT