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"We're not afraid of the Internet. We think it's a very cool way to reach our fans. If a band sells 12 million albums, what are we supposed to say? Oh, maybe we could have sold 13 million if we had just been Internet Nazis. Frankly, at a certain point, you have to say. Hey, let the people have the music."

-- Dexter Holland (Offspring), Inside.com

"The Edge thinks that as long as people are using their computers for music, and not playing mindless games, that's good. My feeling," he adds, "is that it's cool for people to share our music -- as long as no one is making money from the process. We tell people who come to our concerts that they can tape the shows if they want. I think it's cool that people are so passionate about our music -- especially about this new album, quite honestly."

-- Bono on The Edge (U2), Billboard.com

"It is a good way to promote your music, but copyright and things of that sort are something that will have to be worked out and they will be worked out. I remember when they didn't want you to have a VCR, but they worked it out and I think for the best. Smart people always get together and work it out."

-- B.B. King, Yahoo Entertainment News

"We should think of as a new kind of radio--a promotional tool that can help artists who don't have the opportunity to get their music played on mainstream radio or on MTV,"

-- Chuck D, New York Times

"Stealing our copyright provisions in the dead of night when no-one is looking is piracy. It's not piracy when kids swap music over the Internet using peer-to-peer. There were one billion downloads last year but music sales are way up, so how is Napster hurting the music industry? It's not. The only people who are scared of peer-to-peer are the people who have filler on their albums and are scared that if people hear more than one single they're not going to buy the album."

-- Courtney Love, NME

"Napster could be a great way for people to hear your music who wouldn't have the chance to hear it on the radio."

-- Madonna, Rolling Stone

"We believe that the Internet and peer-to-peer softs should not be ignored by the music industry as tools to promote awareness for bands and market music."

-- Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit)

Citation : 12 Sep 2003 After recent court action in the US where the RIAA sued 261 individuals for uploading songs to the 'net, Disturbed mainman David Draiman has urged record companies to "learn how to use the internet effectively".

"It's not rocket science," says Draiman. "Instead of spending all this money litigating against kids who are the people they're trying to sell things to in the first place, they have to learn how to effectively use the Internet."

This past Monday (September 8th) the RIAA filed law suits against 261 home users who had more than 1,000 music files on their computers, accusing them of copyright violations by uploading songs to internet file sharing programs. The RIAA are seeking $150,000 in damages per person to "protect the rights of artists."

Draiman however believes it is to protect corporate profits.

"For the artists, my ass," he continues. "I didn't ask them to protect me, and I don't want their protection!"

The comments come in the wake of condemnation for British-owned EMI Records for issuing Iron Maiden's new album, 'Dance Of Death', with copy protection. Scores of outraged Maiden fans are protesting that they are unable to listen to the record in their computers or copy the record to their preferred form of portable music players such as iPods or MP3 CD players.

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du coup je pourrais être tout à fait d'accord avec toi si il n'y avait pas ce cynisme absolu des grosses maisons de disques, qui fait que je dis juste qu'elles ont une part de responsabilité dominante dans la situation actuelle. Qu'elles balaient devant leur porte avant de voir la paille dans l'oeil borgne du pirate

Citation : Mettre un nouveau mot sur un phénomène existant ne change pas grand chose: je trouve ce mouvement assez creux, personnellement. Ca reste de la contestation, et cie...

Citation : Moi ce que je trouve plus grave c'est que la qualité des systèmes de production est, à l'heure actuelle, assez incroyable et on banalise des formats d'écoute de plus en plus dégradés.

Citation : On a ici un problème au contraire très spécifique de majors, qui modifient les lois, la constitution (DMCA) pour faire valoir leur droits à l'encontre des consommateurs, nous. (si vous aimez pas consommateurs, mettez amateurs de musique, ce que vous voulez, mais bon, au final, ça revient au même, moi, j'aime bien acheter des disques, et les écouter).