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Have any of the artists he downloaded commented on the case?
by iamben 14y ago
Have any of the artists he downloaded commented on the case?
- sukuriant 14y agoThat would be fascinating to know, even though it probably wouldn't change anything.
- rwmj 14y agoWhat he should do is send small checks (a proportion of his pay) every week directly to the artists involved, and of course get as much publicity by blogging and writing about it, until the bad press gets to be too much.
- _delirium 14y agoI haven't heard of any commenting on this specific case, but one of the tracks involved in the suit is a Nine Inch Nails track, and Trent Reznor's been pretty clear that he doesn't have a problem with fans downloading his music. Of course, the artists can't do much about it, since they've typically signed over these kinds of rights to the labels, but it could at least produce some bad PR if they raised more of a stink about it. They could also "vote with their feet" and sign with a non-RIAA label. That unfortunately still seems quite uncommon. Of the artists on the list (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_v._Tenenbaum#31_songs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_v._Tenenbaum#31_songs), two subsequently went indie, Monster Magnet and NIN.