Radiohead: Don’t Want To Shipwreck The Pirates

Lead guitarist of Radiohead, Ed O’Brien voiced his displeasure over the government’s decision to bring illegal downloading to an end. This doesn’t come in as much of a surprise because most of the members of the Featured Artists Coalition have the same to say.

According to O’Brien, this move by the government will do nothing much than creating a rift between music and music fans. Plus he also added that file sharers will continue doing it by hook or by crook irrespective of the steps that the government plans to take in this direction. He also cited the example of a friend of his who has been sharing music files for more than six years without paying a single penny for the music.

This opinion is being strongly echoed throughout the Featured Artists Coalition with almost everyone being against this move. According to another member of the FAC, Dave Rowntree (drummer of blur) it would just add up to making enemies of their fans. The solution that Ed O’Brien puts through is to try to monetize these moves i.e. the file sharing activities so that it doesn’t add upto huge losses and also keeps the music lovers satisfied.

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