-Caveat Lector-
by L. Fitzgerald Sj�berg
By now, you've probably heard our position on Napster: rebelling
against authority and not letting anyone tell you what to do is all
well and good as long as you're shelling out the headbanger
dues. Freelance rebels, on the other hand, have no place in
uncivilized society.
We've gotten a lot of criticism over this. What hurts, though,
what really hurts is the insinuation that we're just doing this for
money. It's not just about the fast cars and the exotic pets and
the lawyers with fast cars and exotic pets. All of us would be
perfectly happy serving fried food or mopping the floors of adult
entertainment establishments except for the fact that we'd be
taking jobs from our fans. And that's what this is all about: the
fans.
After all, there are thousands of amateur musicians releasing their
music on mp3. There are thousands of little local bands that
would give up a few organs to have 350,000 people downloading
their music. It stands to reason that at least a few of them
completely kick our ass, musically speaking. But they don't have
that one crucial thing we have: We have millions of dollars going
to convince you that we don't suck.
And that's what we're trying to protect with our lawsuit. If music
were free, there would still be music, there would still be bands,
but the promotional money -- or as we call it in the business, the
"we don't suck" money -- would dry up. And without that money,
face it, you'd be lost. Without the magazine ads and the
stand-ups and the elaborate 3-D record covers in the music store
windows you'd have to rely on your own personal tastes to
decide what music to download and listen to. And let's be honest,
if that's what you were into you wouldn't be downloading Metallica
albums.
So join us in our efforts to eradicate Napster. If not for yourself,
think of future generations of headbangers. Hell, not just
metalheads but pop music fans of all sorts, from teenyboppers to
death rockers, all lost in the wilderness with nobody to tell them
what supposedly doesn't suck. It's a sad and scary thought.
Thank you and rock on,
Metallica
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