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Originally Posted by Inferno
I think alot of these artists who say they dont have a problem with music piracy really dont support it as much as they say they do but after seeing the type of backlash a band can get like when Metallica sued Napster they're afraid to make it known they're against it because they dont want to risk losing a chunk of their fanbase or have their image of "doing it just for the music" tarnished because of it. Saying you're for music piracy is a good way for an unknown or not very well known artist to play the good guy and win over fans too.
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They aren't saying "we are for music piracy", they are saying "we are against lawsuits".
If Metallica didn't have such an obnoxious little rat whining about a missing ivory backscratcher every day then they wouldn't have seen a backlash at all.