Brian is FURIOUS!

I would like to point out that two weeks ago (or so) I DID try to download Amandla and donate money with my Mastercard. Amandla was in some shitty audio format that I wasn't even after upgrading of my software able to play and donating failed too because I ended on a "page not found" site. So yes, I admit I downloaded the MP3. Am I guilty now?

amandla was hard to download indeed, the system kept on refusing my card, while I use it everyday for net shopping

"They are jeopardising the future 46664 DVD, sucking the blood not from us, but from Nelson Mandela, from the Foundation, and from the dying children we are all trying to save. Just for their own ends. I take a VERY dim view, and in fact let me say it a bit more clearly:
You people, giving away the work of hundreds of hard working people, are parasites, and as such you are our enemies until you change your behaviour".

Guilty as charged I have download all the Queen parts. Why have I done this? because I sat all Saturday watching a frame by frame blocky 1" screen, as there was no broadcast in my area (not much fun at all). Why can't 46664.com offer high quality visual for a fee/ donation. Bye the way I will be buying the DVD, CD, poster, T-Shirt, etc... Am I/ we still parasites. Come on Brian chill, have you never downloaded anything for free.
Respect... The Enemy!!

second thought, I think that Brian will appologize, sooner or later, in his soup box

"Last year he was pro-bootleg, when he said the bootleg version of With A Little Help... "

but the profits of that dvd didn't go to an aids charity.
This is something completly different, folks!

hehe..but i totally agree with him!!

"but the profits of that dvd didn't go to an aids charity.
This is something completly different, folks!"

no, they didn't go to an aids charity, but they did go to another charity if I'm not mistaken...

I don't think I've ever seen Brian so pissed off... at least, at his own fans.

Yeah I taped the VH1 broadcast but will still be buying the DVD anyway. But when I get home I'm taking my mpeg video of WWRY/WATC offline.

I hope Brian is doing okay. I'm worried maybe the depression stuff is acting up for him again because of all the stress he's probably been under lately. I used to have depression too, and I would get very annoyed with everyone. :) So if it is then I totally empathize.

I respect most of his message. Things can sure get out of hand. But, as stated earlier by others, the tv-broadcast was for free and my guess is that the DVD will be of much better quality than some converted videofile taken from tv. No need to say this, but I've downloaded from the 46664-site to donate, I donated money apart from that and I will buy the cd and DVD. Why? Because of the AIDS-cause, because of Queen, because of Brian's call towards us. And about the video's? If I did not have the chance to see them live, on the internet or on television I would be over the moon to find them uploaded somewhere, because I want to see QUEEN. And when I see that concert it makes me proud being a Queen-fan. "My" music is played there, performed live by Brian and Roger and seen WORLDWIDE. After all those years they still create great tracks and they still do their bit for us. They keep the magic alive.
And Brian? Well he is at a point in his life (for some time now) where he can make his statement, whatever one thinks of it. I can only envy that. I've seldom seen anyone being so open to others in his messages, in his diary. I admire him for that too. This storm will lie down I hope.

"no, they didn't go to an aids charity, but they did go to another charity if I'm not mistaken..."

But still, aids is something totally different then any other charity. because of the size, and because of the way Brian and Roger experienced it so close to them

I understand where Brian is coming from, but he should have counted to ten before typing. He comes off as a jerk. I did not download anything and don't intend to, but I'm thinking BM needs to think first, type second next time.

I sure disagree with being called a parasite (if it should reflect to me), but what I meant was that it must be, or can be a comforting feel to be able to get things off your chest. He too must have an outlet.

I disagree with parasite, since you're not making money with it, or something like that.

But i agree with Brians view on downloading the 46664 stuff. After all, you're not stealing from Queen, Nelson Mandela or any other artist, but you're stealing from thousands of people with Aids

I agree with Luca. I find it distressing that a man of his age and education makes a public statement calling other people parasites, no matter who that is. He should know what happens when people are denied their humanity. Of course he can exercise his freedom of speech, that's his right but I won't respect him for such a statement.

Btw, the Jubilee mp3s and the Modena mp3s have all been available to download on Timelily's sound collection for a while now (although the Jubilee concert is out on CD and DVD)This is Brian May's official statement on the homepage:
"You have entered a site not 'officially' connected with me, but a great and bounteous place !!! - a forum for many great contributions; a place I often visit to enjoy the works of kindred souls! I hope you will linger too!!!"

http://www.timelily2.com/SoundCollectionsF.html

Kind of double standard, isn't it.