It’s mainly that Metallica led the charge instead of letting the RIAA do their thing. Then they threatened the 300,000 fans that downloaded music. Luckily, the legal system didn’t let them go that far. But not before Metallica doxxed a fuckton of people.
You keep saying Metallica did x and y - Are you implying that Lars looked up fans info and James posted it on BBS? The riaa is a piece of shit, nobody will disagree with you on this. Hell; musicians will agree with you. The reality is that the recording industry is bad for even artists… But until recently - very recently - if you even wanted a shot at having your music heard you needed to kiss the ring. Nobody was immune to this.
That said: you genuinely have some misplaced anger. If you think that band x wakes up and eats their wheaties and slams down an ice cold sprite before going out to slay the crowd because they really like it: I’ve got a bridge to sell you… Like who you want to like - let people like who they want to like. Share your interests. Find new ones. Fuck the establishment: not the pawns it wields.
It’s mainly that Metallica led the charge instead of letting the RIAA do their thing. Then they threatened the 300,000 fans that downloaded music. Luckily, the legal system didn’t let them go that far. But not before Metallica doxxed a fuckton of people.
You keep saying Metallica did x and y - Are you implying that Lars looked up fans info and James posted it on BBS? The riaa is a piece of shit, nobody will disagree with you on this. Hell; musicians will agree with you. The reality is that the recording industry is bad for even artists… But until recently - very recently - if you even wanted a shot at having your music heard you needed to kiss the ring. Nobody was immune to this.
That said: you genuinely have some misplaced anger. If you think that band x wakes up and eats their wheaties and slams down an ice cold sprite before going out to slay the crowd because they really like it: I’ve got a bridge to sell you… Like who you want to like - let people like who they want to like. Share your interests. Find new ones. Fuck the establishment: not the pawns it wields.