Trent Reznor Condones Music Theft
At a recent show in Sydney, Trent Reznor took time out of his show to publicly lambast the international recording industry for overcharging consumers for music and suggested the only reasonable alternative - steal it instead!
So, everyone fire up your P2P and BitTorrent clients and download away! I wonder if Trent will personally reimburse people's legal expenses if the RIAA takes them to court? On a personal note, I will definitely be using the "Trent said I could do it" defense when I am sued for downloading a Blu-Ray rip of The Master Of Disguise.
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2/20/2008 8:44 PM
Blogs N' Roses wrote:
Gigwise.com reports that Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor took a swipe at TVT Records on his web site yesterday, clearly revelling in the label's demise. Under the title "You're gonna get yours," the post simply reads: "Not ALL news in the music industry is bad these days" with a link to a story about the collapse of TVT. Reznor famously fell out several times with the his former label, including feuds over album producers, single releases and more pressingly the royalties from the ten-song EP "Head Like A Hole" in 1990. In 1992, Reznor reached an ...
kyle, i love that movie!
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I am an ordained minister in the Universal Life Church of Modesto California and that is a legally binding verbal agreement between Trent and his fans.
Now that you heard his statements, you are actually legally obligated to steal music, as mandated by the 531st Superior District Court of Albatross, New Zealand.
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