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Lars Ulrich 'pirated' his own CD
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article published on 5 March, 2009
Lars Ulrich, member of the popular rock band Metallica, has admitted that he has 'pirated' his band's own CD, "Death Magnetic," and found the experience quite "bizarre."
Ulrich is known to the file sharing community as the man whose vocal campaign took down the original Napster, and he has been a staunch opponent of piracy ever since.
Last year, the band released their latest album ... [ read the full article ]
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5. March 2009 @ 21:28 |
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its always for money....
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5. March 2009 @ 21:38 |
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In other news Lars forgot to use PeerGuardian and got sued by the RIAA for pirating his own music...
I wish that would have happened because then it would be another step to taking down the RIAA.
However, if you were an artist it would be a bit strange, although expected now a days, to see and hear your final, retail album via your computer days before it's "official" release.
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5. March 2009 @ 21:49 |
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Originally posted by Pop_Smith:
In other news Lars forgot to use PeerGuardian and got sued by the RIAA for pirating his own music...
I wish that would have happened because then it would be another step to taking down the RIAA.
However, if you were an artist it would be a bit strange, although expected now a days, to see and hear your final, retail album via your computer days before it's "official" release.
I Love It!! You get jcaked for nikin' your own stuff!!! Priceless!!!
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5. March 2009 @ 21:53 |
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thirty minutes later? Seems like a slow connection. Maybe I'll give it a try see if I can get it on my computer in 10 minutes. Oh new Metallica never mind...
Whether it was his or not he openly admitted to download an album by illegal means. If they don't want other people doing it, then they show bad example by doing it themselves. Maybe RIAA should make an example out of him and take him to court.
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5. March 2009 @ 23:23 |
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Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield are douche bags.
Blaming piracy for their declining sales despite the fact that they haven't released anything decent since the "and justice for all" album. I wouldn't even waste the bandwidth on their latest crap, I got ripped off buying their "saint anger" album, gave it to a friend after 1 week (big metallica fan)he threw it in the trash.
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5. March 2009 @ 23:56 |
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So 10 years after suing Napter this guy finally figures out how file sharing works? What an idiot.
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5. March 2009 @ 23:57 |
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nail his balls to the wall !
hows is he going to be able to eat if he downloads his own music, and who knows if he will stop at just his own stuff
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6. March 2009 @ 01:24 |
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Note that it didn't say if he liked using P2P. It was incriminating enough to admit he did it.
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6. March 2009 @ 01:52 |
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Originally posted by Leningrad:
its always for money....
certainly it is , money is nothing but mean while we can do nothing without money ,so the most thing we talk about is money and we do most for moey
ok ,here i also have a good share :
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6. March 2009 @ 02:56 |
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What a douche
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6. March 2009 @ 03:18 |
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Originally posted by chubbyInc:
thirty minutes later? Seems like a slow connection. Maybe I'll give it a try see if I can get it on my computer in 10 minutes. Oh new Metallica never mind...
Whether it was his or not he openly admitted to download an album by illegal means. If they don't want other people doing it, then they show bad example by doing it themselves. Maybe RIAA should make an example out of him and take him to court.
The "illegal means" is P2P file sharing, and it perfectly LEGAL. It is the copying of intellectual property that you do not hold the copyright for is illegal. i.e. Me downloading that album.
He owns the copyright, so he's technically downloading a completely legal file. The person actually sharing it is not unfortunatley
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6. March 2009 @ 04:00 |
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The ludicrous thing about this is that if he indeed downloaded his own album via P2P, he was also sharing it to others ;D
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6. March 2009 @ 04:07 |
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Originally posted by Aeonus:
The ludicrous thing about this is that if he indeed downloaded his own album via P2P, he was also sharing it to others ;D
that singular statement makes me happy.
truly a wild event, to witness the douche who took down napster sharing his own music.
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6. March 2009 @ 07:05 |
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Originally posted by jookycola:
What a douche
Seconded. Next time maybe he should do his research before he snuffs out a community of over 25 million people.
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xtago
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6. March 2009 @ 07:33 |
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"Like dude... it's like the CD but it's not the CD, dude. like WOW!"
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6. March 2009 @ 10:40 |
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Originally posted by limelight:
So 10 years after suing Napter this guy finally figures out how file sharing works? What an idiot.
You'd think he would have taken a bit of time to understand how the process works before taking legal action / trying to take it down before.
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6. March 2009 @ 11:04 |
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Quote:
Originally posted by Pop_Smith:
In other news Lars forgot to use PeerGuardian and got sued by the RIAA for pirating his own music...
I wish that would have happened because then it would be another step to taking down the RIAA.
However, if you were an artist it would be a bit strange, although expected now a days, to see and hear your final, retail album via your computer days before it's "official" release.
I Love It!! You get jcaked for nikin' your own stuff!!! Priceless!!!
But you forget they do not own the distribution rights thus may not illicitly access the media they made. ^^
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6. March 2009 @ 12:17 |
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put out good albums and people will buy.on the other hand he's been downloading non stop ever since and has moved on to movies as well.
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6. March 2009 @ 14:13 |
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Metallica caught the same bug that George Lucas caught. Namely, that once youre rich and famous..you have the fight the temptation to mellow out too much..or your creative spark flickers out. They start eating out at 5 star restaurants, partying too hard, and not working on quality material. Lucas made one flop right after another bc he let the money go to his head: Phantom Menace, Indy and the Crystal Skull, etc.
Same with Metallica. They lost incentive. Maybe if the economy really TANKS and we have a major depression from coast to coast, then they will see the light and start working on good quality $hit as if theyre very lives depended on it.
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6. March 2009 @ 16:27 |
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Originally posted by windsong:
Metallica caught the same bug that George Lucas caught. Namely, that once youre rich and famous..you have the fight the temptation to mellow out too much..or your creative spark flickers out. They start eating out at 5 star restaurants, partying too hard, and not working on quality material. Lucas made one flop right after another bc he let the money go to his head: Phantom Menace, Indy and the Crystal Skull, etc.
Same with Metallica. They lost incentive. Maybe if the economy really TANKS and we have a major depression from coast to coast, then they will see the light and start working on good quality $hit as if theyre very lives depended on it.
Good post.
Ulrich and Hetfield were devoured by their own ego's. Douche's both of em.
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7. March 2009 @ 04:39 |
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What an idiot! If he really wanted to know how it felt he should have picked a NOT popular band & stolen music (as opposed to taking his own) & really seen how fast you can download over a P2P network! Can you even steel your own stuff??? This all just seames
like one of the dumbest thing someone could say or do! It just makes him look like someone who just doesn't get it!
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7. March 2009 @ 08:30 |
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just lol
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7. March 2009 @ 08:43 |
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Ahh...what an ironic twist. After fighting tooth and nail to get Naptster shut down, Lars downloads his own bands album. At least it was Death Magnetic and not St. Anger...oh wait...no one wants St. Anger. Nevermind.
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7. March 2009 @ 13:39 |
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So, I guess now that Metallica's music sucks, it's OK to pirate their crap? I concur, "what a douche".
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7. March 2009 @ 16:16 |
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I Love It!! You get jcaked for nikin' your own stuff!!! Priceless!!!
No, its not his own stuff. For every sale (say $10) the artist gets only a small part, the rest goes to the record company. So in fact he was mainly stealing from the record company.
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