Bent over for the man... and lovin every minute! (Score 1)

Listen, everyone has been intelligent and logical about this whole thing. I say fuck it. In three years time every label will have a 'direct download' site and will continue to rape the artists' out in the open. Bands who prance and preen on the TV screen are lucky to take home a dollar for that 14-18 dollar disc you bought at "insert bloated retailer here". I will continue to use Napster, and all the FTP outlets, downloading bands I have never heard of, if I like them I'll go see them. It's so funny really. Lars said in several interviews that back in "the good ole days" people passed thier music in 'bootleg' tapes cause Metal Blade was not giving them the distribution they needed on tour, yet when they played europe, everyone new the words and they were so amazed... Well, I hear enough of thier music on what little radio manages to creep in my ear, I have no intrest in supporting someone who would take the music away from a kid who might think they are gods, just cause they don't have the cash to buy. They should be lucky anyone even cares about thier worn-out ass anymore.
My message is this: underground with the bootlegs and Major Label artists, use your own judgement. Let the new bands take this on with a fresh new attitude for the future. They need the fourum. Puffball, Laika, Abscess, Magic Dirt... Great bands I may not have heard if it weren't for the MP3 'revolution', and yes, I bought the cd's after
I commited the crime.
Metallica and all the bean counters in the world can't stop this...