Comments on: Metallica’s Lars Ulrich is Proud of Napster’s Destruction

By: Lars Sucks Fat Dicks

Lars Sucks Fat Dicks — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:13:13 +0000

lol at “management”. It was the users who “painted you as greedy luddites”, you dumb half-Dutch cockmonger. Them, and yourself, by your own actions.

By: don’t put words in my mouth « Collection Developments @ Sno-Isle

don’t put words in my mouth « Collection Developments @ Sno-Isle — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:44:59 +0000

[...] on both sides of DRM, just look at the comments which follow the TorrentFreak post about how Lars Ulrich of Metallica feels about the band’s role in the demise of Napster. Imagine if people got [...]

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:44:27 +0000

Maybe they should concentrate on making better music instead of suing jackasses.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:18:18 +0000

Used to be a big fan till the whole napster thing went down…

Oh yeah, There was no campaign by napster that made me start hating metallica I just heard them talking to congress and said “Ok they are all pieces of shit now”.

Also, Load and every album after that also sucked balls so that helped me move them into the “They suck” category too.

FUCK YOU Lars!!!
:)

By: Hey

Hey — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:53:34 +0000

Whats a Metallica?

By: StarX

StarX — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:45:51 +0000

I can’t believe they are even getting an article. What a washed up band.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:26:50 +0000

there is so much free software available these days (starting with Firefox), none of these creators gets paid for the software they make, yet they still make it. That shouldn’t be possible in the supposedly “logical” world you think we live in.

the fundamental difference between software and other creative works is that software is almost always a tool, and people (and lets face it, corporations, under which a great deal of open source and even free software is written now) use their own tools.

and of course i take issue with your statement that only independent artists are real artists. that’s the same BS the other idiot was spewing.

i do agree the labels have a stranglehold on top 40 radio but it’s not like they’re playing something that the majority doesn’t want to hear. you can say that’s all marketing and maybe you’re right but i don’t think we’ll ever see a day where something like fleet foxes has a majority following. store shelf space is also a problem but not for very much longer. best buy recently halved their record shelving. you seem to think that if the labels were eradicated there would be no more pop music, and little niche bands would get their much deserved time in the limelight. unfortunately, this is not the case. there will always be pop music and thus a discrepancy in what is played and sold.

By: lolrich

lolrich — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:41:39 +0000

Ulrich is just a retard. They should really use their almighty power for pleasing their fans with more better music since metallica is just a pile of shit these days. Why do those morons even care anymore about napster, p2p and other shit when they have enough money to live like a fucking kings for 5 lifetimes. Like anybody would remember them anyway after 500 years if world still exists. Life is just overrated.

By: John

John — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:57:27 +0000

@214
Just look at software, there is so much free software available these days (starting with Firefox), none of these creators gets paid for the software they make, yet they still make it. That shouldn’t be possible in the supposedly “logical” world you think we live in. But it is possible, because there are other ways to make money with it that don’t involve restricting and threatening your users and because some people actually do it for pleasure.

It’s also a fair bet, that if the Music cartels die, the quality of music will rise dramatically. Right now the cartels monopolize all traditional outlets, shelf space, radio stations, TV stations. What they play is being manipulated by the music cartels to push their drivel to the wider public. Small time, independent musicians (i.e. those who could really use some money to get by) can’t get through and need day time jobs. The cartels must die to liberate the real artists.

By: John

John — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:44:17 +0000

I am ashamed that I bought two Metallica albums, although that was a long time ago, and before they attacked Napster. Since then I have never bought another thing from Metallica… and never will. Greedy bastards.