100% behind Lars Ulrich (Score 1)

Simply I can see both sides of the argument. I am not worried about Metallica and I doubt Metallica is worried about the money they are losing as much as they are worried about the state it will create for music in general. My brother has about 1800 mp3s, all downloaded from the net. The last CD I personally bought was Pearl Jam 10 in about '95. I have downloaded 600+ mp3s since then and have NOT bought any music and see little point in doing so. I always like to think Ill buy the CDs but I NEVER do. What will happen is music will become fully corporate and we'll be listening to n'sync level stuff for all eternity. See folks, good music is usually listened to by people like us who are capable of using the net. Our beloved musicians need to get compensated properly so they can get stoned and piss the money down the drain! Anyway, I think musicians deserve to have a system in place where they can actually somehow be compensated for their work. Lets not kid ourselves, this is theft and we are all guilty. In me and my brother's case astonishingly guilty of mass theft. Peace, Kurt