Brian is FURIOUS!

So tsk tsk to you parasites! ;) :P
http://www.brianmay.com/whatsnew.html

Edited the message because it wasn't asked with permission. I don't want to cause trouble. If the webmaster reads this, I apologise.

Way to tell it like it is, Bri'! Good on ye!

Wow! He's pissed! LOL!

oh man, he's pissed

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Oh my gaaawd, I agree with Brian.
Shame on all you so-called fans
who share mp3's of the 46664 concert and videoclips too..and shitty quality streaming rips of the project songs. tsk tsk tsk :-S

You are the enemies...gasp

Maybe we should all buy a ticket to the damn musical to satisfy Brian....

Last year he was pro-bootleg, when he said the bootleg version of With A Little Help... from Party @ Palace was better then the one on the official cd. I believe Brian collects bootlegs. And now he's calling us, the most loyal fans, parasites? I always thought of Brian as one of the kindest people in the music-business.... but it seems I was wrong....

Do you all think he is talking about video clips? I made an mpeg of the live Anastacia WWRY/WATC performance for people who missed it on the hub, but maybe I'll remove it if he's mad about video clips.

I would NEVER trade the mp3s because they are already for sale (for only .99) on the 46664 site, and there is no excuse for trading those IMHO. I thought video clips were probably okay though because they can't actually be bought. It was my understanding that the rights to the TV broadcast were even given away for free just so it could reach as many people as possible.

he's definitely surfing queenzone, and there were a couple of topics about free mp3s/videos. We'll all buy the dvd anyway, that's clear

Maybe some people have hosted the studio versions of the songs? Although I downloaded the few Queen songs from the show I will be buying the DVD and the 46664 studio album when they surface. I think that is probably the case for 80% on here. As someone pointed out, the TV rights were given away for free. It might not be strictly ethical, but unfortunately I think it is legal in this case. However, I can totally see what Brian is saying and I respect him for saying something. To call his own fans 'parasites' is a bit far though and I think he might have well shot himeself in the foot with this one...

I admit I did not make the call.
But I'll buy the dvd.

Hmm hmm hmm, Brian furious

What did he expect, a live broadcast through the internet and no one taping the things or so?

Of course it is illegal and we all should wait til the dvd is released, but I cannot blame some people who download more then say shame on you

But.... there might be some who SELL the stuff soon, from the downloads.. and when brian means that, then I agree..
Ah... come on... if a medium is so open to copy the things, then it is nothing then normal that such things happen

Wake up Brian, this is 2003!

I find Brian's rants increasingly embarrasing, While I don't condone anyone from profitiring from other people's work as previously said If it's broadcast on TV these days, it's usually on the net hours later - It's the nature of the beast these days.

I'll never make The Call if it means I own the current crop of recordings - they are shite. But I'll gladly donate money to the charity for them NOT to send me the CD, DvD, T-Shirt etc.

for those people feeling in a charitable mood.

http://www.mssociety.org.uk/50th_anniversary/50th_news/wish.html

Dear Brian May, thanks for enlightening us: now we know what is responsible for children dying of AIDS: it's not poverty, ignorance or the unjust world economy, no - it's some deranged so called fans sharing music that only one TV station in the whole world was willing to broadcast for free. They are the enemies. They sure cannot be any better than smokers or tabloid journalists and as regular readers of the soap box already know: no degrading word can be strong enough for them.
But even more: they are parasites and we all know what to do with parasites, don't we? They have no right to live, they should be extinguished. Too bad that they are also the people who buy your records by the millions making it possible for you and other good doers to travel the world first class to the next charity venue and they are also the people who buy the concert tickets, posters, CDs , DVDs etc from these charity events. Maybe you should have thought about the many people who donate bigger percentages of their income anonymously before hitting out against your own fan base which will sure not grow through this

* Applauds for YV - excellent post!