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Re: Uploading Pirated Books via BitTorrent Qualifies as Fair Use, Meta Argues

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Post by 10729287 »

petre wrote: post #171
DaSHacka wrote: post #145

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Did they not? Seems like they're still quite popular, and I knew people in HS (for reference, late 2010s to early '20s) that were big into the band. Additionally, looking at Google Trends[0], it seems they peaked in 21st-century online popularity in 2008 and had another notable uptick in 2017. I think a lot of us want the assholes to have suffered real consequences for their behavior, but want is different from did .…

Yeah, they're popular like Ariana Grande is after the Manchester bombing. But just about everything they released after the Black album is kind of lame. The Budapest tickets sold out pretty fast, but they're still lame regardless if people go to their concerts. Compared to Depeche Mode and other bands that only get better with age, Metallica just play the same old songs or worse. And they're not a cult band like Deat…

Who needs Metallica when we have Slayer ?

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Post by actionfromafar »

bytehowl wrote: post #246
actionfromafar wrote: post #85

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Probably only if you are giving "back to Humanity" or something like that? :-D

So seeding will be legally enforced? Nice.

No you must prove that you have at a minimum 100 hundred billion stock valuation! :-D

Or else it doesn't count.

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Post by mlrtime »

donkeybeer wrote: post #248
dotancohen wrote: post #89

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They didn't. I haven't bought a Metallica album since the black album. That was a decade earlier, because everything since sucked, but as I got older I thought about maybe expanding my tastes. I avoided Metallica specifically for their disrespect of their fans.

I appreciate Metallica but I don't know whats so special about them, that style of thrash metal was already being done on a much more advanced level by bands like Razor at that time, so if you had any personal disagreements with Metallica it seems historically it would have been quite easy to drop them.

Master of Puppets and Ride the Lightning are (IMO) classic full albums you listen cover to cover.

Doesn't mean they aren't assholes but I'll still listen to them any time.

Re: Uploading Pirated Books via BitTorrent Qualifies as Fair Use, Meta Argues

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Post by donkeybeer »

mlrtime wrote: post #253
donkeybeer wrote: post #248

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I appreciate Metallica but I don't know whats so special about them, that style of thrash metal was already being done on a much more advanced level by bands like Razor at that time, so if you had any personal disagreements with Metallica it seems historically it would have been quite easy to drop them.

Master of Puppets and Ride the Lightning are (IMO) classic full albums you listen cover to cover. Doesn't mean they aren't assholes but I'll still listen to them any time.

As I said I don't mind them, personally they are not in my list of favorite thrash bands, but they are also not in my list of sucky bands, they are competent and accomplished musicians. I just felt anyone shouldn't have felt much emotionality ditching Metallica for whatever reasons as at that time other bands were already playing far more advanced thrash metal.

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Post by donkeybeer »

10729287 wrote: post #251
petre wrote: post #171

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, they're popular like Ariana Grande is after the Manchester bombing. But just about everything they released after the Black album is kind of lame. The Budapest tickets sold out pretty fast, but they're still lame regardless if people go to their concerts. Compared to Depeche Mode and other bands that only get better with age, Metallica just play the same old songs or worse. And they're not a cult band like Deat…

Who needs Metallica when we have Slayer ?

Different styles. Slayer is more "history of death metal" thrash, Metallica is more "classic bay area" thrash. Personally I am more into the "history of death metal" type thrash and ambivalent about metallica but I appreciate them as artists.

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Post by dostick »

mikkupikku wrote: post #57
dizzy9 wrote: post #35

Some of us are old enough to remember when the RIAA sued children for downloading Metallica albums on filesharing networks. They sued for $100,000 per song, an absurd amount when you consider that even stealing a physical album would amount only to around $1 per song. What was bizarre was that courts took the figure seriously, even if they typically settled cases for around $3,000, still around 30x actual damages. Th…

Remember that Metallica band members played an active driving role in those lawsuits against their own underage fans. It wasn't just the RIAA / record company organizations behaving cruelly, it was Metallica themselves. Fuck Metallica.

As if they are not allowed to make mistakes. If you watched more recent interviews, they understand that it was not cool on their part. Musically once per album they still have some interesting and somewhat innovative tracks still.

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Post by allarm »

brunoborges wrote: post #151
dotancohen wrote: post #89

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They didn't. I haven't bought a Metallica album since the black album. That was a decade earlier, because everything since sucked, but as I got older I thought about maybe expanding my tastes. I avoided Metallica specifically for their disrespect of their fans.

You clearly haven't watched Stranger Things

I have and deeply regret the wasted time.

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Post by K0balt »

mlrtime wrote: post #253
donkeybeer wrote: post #248

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I appreciate Metallica but I don't know whats so special about them, that style of thrash metal was already being done on a much more advanced level by bands like Razor at that time, so if you had any personal disagreements with Metallica it seems historically it would have been quite easy to drop them.

Master of Puppets and Ride the Lightning are (IMO) classic full albums you listen cover to cover. Doesn't mean they aren't assholes but I'll still listen to them any time.

I enjoy them ironically by playing the MP3’s have of their songs that I definitely only ever got from ripping physical media that I definitely did not pirate because fuck Metallica lol.

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Post by heavyset_go »

tsoukase wrote: post #259

It's insane that with enough money you can support any claim you like. You can prove rapists as innocents even in the most strict judicial system. That's not justice or democracy.

The law is a weapon to keep the peons in their place, justice does not exist unless you're rich. Look at plea bargain rates by demographics and you'll see it.
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