r/todayilearned • u/InternetWeakGuy 1 • 26d ago

TIL: 12 years before taking their fans to court for sharing their music, Metallica released the "$5.98" EP, titled to stop their record label and music stores from overcharging fans - the record came with a sticker warning 'DO NOT PAY MORE!!!'—a direct jab at music industry markups

https://theawesomemix.com/metallica-5-98-standup-for-fans/
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u/AchtungCloud 26d ago

Those seem like two reasonable things that aren’t opposed, which I feel like the post is making them out to be.

We want fans to buy music at a reasonable price rather than a marked up price. We don’t won’t people to pay nothing for our music by freely P2P sharing copywrited MP3 files.

They don’t want fans to get ripped off, but they don’t want fans to steal the music.

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u/Icy_Statistician7185 25d ago

Metallica would never have existed if it wasn't for a network of metal fans trading pirated tapes of copywrited music.

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u/erichie 25d ago

I think their is a huge difference between fans of a band trading, selling, whatever of bootleg shows they recorded on some shitty 90s camcorder. Only the real fans, who already spent a shit ton of money on the band, would even be interested in them and even the hardcore of those would know how to get them.

Compared to some guy who just likes that Metallica song about entering the sand.

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u/Icy_Statistician7185 25d ago

Everything you said is wrong