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Read the STOP SMILING article about Harlan Ellison: Bless the Knowledge, Curse the Lesson: Harlan Ellison and Counsel Fight the Good Fight By Michael Helke When the band Metallica filed suit against Napster for providing its subscribers with access to copyright-protected music, everybody scoffed. When Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield rolled onto Napster property like a couple Caesars crossing the Rubicon, clutching a stack of names of users who downloaded the band's music, the collective yawn their action elicited could be heard from a space shuttle. Upon reflection, one understands the argument the group was making: it's hard enough for most musicians to make a living without worrying about the distribution and sale of their work being taken out of their hands. Then again, Metallica wasn't the sort of band that was idealistically placed to be making such proclamations. Considering the money they've charged their fans over the years for such items as tickets, CDs, and T-shirts (the counter-argument held), these mooks have the audacity to pick on some kid who put music on the Internet that only those with a high-speed connection can get? The public's reaction to this ham-fisted assertion of ownership rights was, "Lighten up." Apparently the only thing Caesar crossed that day was the street... Read the STOP SMILING article...
Funny, first one was better.