Dear Lord Mandelson: Get Stuffed!
p2pnet news view | P2P | Music:- “Blur and Radiohead are among a host of bands calling on the Government to abandon proposals to cut off the internet connections of people who illegally download music. They said plans announced by Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, to suspend the internet accounts of those who engage in filesharing will criminalise a whole generation of their fans. The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), a new group set up to represent the interests of recording artists, which also includes musicians from Pink Floyd, argued that despite the damage that file sharing does to sales of their records, it can also encourage people to buy concert tickets and merchandise … ”
Blur and Radiohead join forces to battle Government over proposed piracy laws – The Telegraph, september 10, 2009
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September, 2009
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September 13th, 2009 at 10:52 am
” argued that despite the damage that file sharing does to sales of their records, it can also encourage people to buy concert tickets and merchandise ⦠”
Assholes.
Filesharing does NO DAMAGE to your sales.
SHITTY MUSIC does.