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<blockquote data-quote="WalkerBulldog" data-source="post: 1986451" data-attributes="member: 25825"><p>I think it more has to do with the fact that things like Napster and peer-to-peer networks were up and running long enough to create the idea of a vast, free wilderness-like internet. Where everything you want or need can be had for free with little to no work. Then when people started to actually care about making money on the internet, the old vanguard of Usenet and AOL 1.0 grognards combined with 13 year old "l33t speaking haxxors" started to throw a hissy fit about the purity and sanctity of their precious internet being turned into a corporate tool for profits, and that information should be free. Tempers flare, words are said, some college kids and a granny get sued by the RIAA. Eventually the neck beards retreated into the seedy underbelly of the internet, and the 13 year olds are now grown up into hipsters who buy into every product Apple poops out, ironically. And everyone remembers that, oh yeah, James Hetfield is kind of a jerk.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I don't hate Metallica. I just don't like their new stuff. But then again, I've always been big on The Rolling Stones, Southern Rock and Blues.</p><p></p><p></p><p>As an aside, I've noticed the same people who write off Metallica because of their stance on music piracy are also the guys with the big anti-RIAA and anti-MPAA stickers and slogans. They're all just a bunch of idiots who think anything anyone makes should be shared with the rest of the world for free. "Ideas are free!" "Information is free!" Those guys.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WalkerBulldog, post: 1986451, member: 25825"] I think it more has to do with the fact that things like Napster and peer-to-peer networks were up and running long enough to create the idea of a vast, free wilderness-like internet. Where everything you want or need can be had for free with little to no work. Then when people started to actually care about making money on the internet, the old vanguard of Usenet and AOL 1.0 grognards combined with 13 year old "l33t speaking haxxors" started to throw a hissy fit about the purity and sanctity of their precious internet being turned into a corporate tool for profits, and that information should be free. Tempers flare, words are said, some college kids and a granny get sued by the RIAA. Eventually the neck beards retreated into the seedy underbelly of the internet, and the 13 year olds are now grown up into hipsters who buy into every product Apple poops out, ironically. And everyone remembers that, oh yeah, James Hetfield is kind of a jerk. Personally, I don't hate Metallica. I just don't like their new stuff. But then again, I've always been big on The Rolling Stones, Southern Rock and Blues. As an aside, I've noticed the same people who write off Metallica because of their stance on music piracy are also the guys with the big anti-RIAA and anti-MPAA stickers and slogans. They're all just a bunch of idiots who think anything anyone makes should be shared with the rest of the world for free. "Ideas are free!" "Information is free!" Those guys. [/QUOTE]
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