Record labels have enjoyed a 100-year monopoly of selling plastic and now they're up against a different format.
Ian MacKayeI don't watch TV but occasionally I'll read the Washington Post. I will say that sports are the only "real thing" on television.
Ian MacKayeWith Napster and the sharing of music, of course, there are going to be people who exploit it. Greed has no end. But there's a lot of good that could happen. We shouldn't let the economic concerns of the major labels infringe on our freedom to share music.
Ian MacKayeWhen people who are songwriters say 'That's my property and if you give it away for free then I'll lose my incentive,' then, well, good riddance.
Ian MacKayeAt every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hugely expensive pieces of exploding metal on a population. America deserves the president it gets, whether the country votes for them or allows their vote to be stolen, and the least we can do is to elect someone who won't do that to other people.
Ian MacKaye