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Bono Blasts File-Sharers

By soulxtc

Says music has been relegated to "tap water," and that the "Internet has emasculated rather than liberated artists." In an interview with USA Today, U2 frontman Bono criticizes the state of affairs in the music industry these days, and says that only after TV shows and movies are as easily shared as music will govt take forceful action to curb illegal file-sharing. That indifference will vanish once "file-sharing of TV shows and movies becomes as easy as songs," Bono says. "Somebody is going to call the cops." "From punk rock to hip-hop, from heavy metal to country, musicians walk along with a smile and jump like lemmings into the abyss," he says.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on March 17, 2009 (boomark / email).