Brian is FURIOUS!

TO YOU ALL:
RED THE POST BY MANZOTIN, HE IS RIGHT
IT SEEMS THAT YOU ALL HAVE NOTHING TO DO THEESE DAYS AND JUST FEEL 'OFFENDED' FOR A WRONG CAUSE,
this is my point of view:
Brian had convicted all the people who downloaded ONLY the STUDIO MATERIAL COMPOSED FOR THIS OCCASION BEFORE THE CONCERT AND NOT THE RECORDINGS OF THE BROADCASTS: THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL COULD HELP THIS PROJECT SO WHY DO YOU 'FEEL' OFFENDED? you (the people that have downloaded without payng)made a mistake, so don't continue to say a mountain of shit to render beliavable what you've said

I'm not saying Brian is talking about the broadcasted concert on tv, I just mentioned that to make my point complete.

"this is my point of view:
Brian had convicted all the people who downloaded ONLY the STUDIO MATERIAL COMPOSED FOR THIS OCCASION BEFORE THE CONCERT AND NOT THE RECORDINGS OF THE BROADCASTS: THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL COULD HELP THIS PROJECT SO WHY DO YOU 'FEEL' OFFENDED? you (the people that have downloaded without payng)made a mistake, so don't continue to say a mountain of shit to render beliavable what you've said"

So you have your point of view (not "facts", as you readily admit) and everyone else is talking shit if they disagree with your point of view? Good luck selling that one.

Brian's diatribe was so vague no one really knows what he means or who he is directing his anger at.

Personally though, I'm not sure why everyone is so angry. When I want guidance or advice the last person I look to is a rock star. BM's ramblings about Native Americans, for example, are embarrassing. He seems to think that the one(?) book he has read on the subject - Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee - is some sort of definitive statement on the subject. His lack of knowledge is understandable but it shows that if you want advice go to an expert, not someone who is famous only because he writes songs and has an amusing haircut.

i also eheheh i wanted to direct my post to all other users

'Brian's diatribe was so vague no one really knows what he means or who he is directing his anger at.'
it's clear, i think brian isn't so stupid to direct this message also to the people who have downloaded the broadcasts

I've got a wonderful image in my head of Brian stood there shaking his fists at the world.
Ooh, he's in a right rage!

Even I wouldn't be scared. Hang on, what's he doing now?
Hey up! He's turned into that crap tennis player with the arse - Anna Whatsherface.
What's that Anna? 'Come and get it Flashy?'

Don't mind if I do.

I can well understand why he is angry; himself and countless other people have given up their time and worked very very hard over the past few months and hoped that something good would come as a result - now people are taking advantage of this by getting things for free which they could easily pay for and the money from which would go towards helping people caught up in what has now become an international emergency. When you are working (when you do not have to - he didn't have to give up any of his time for this and nor did anyone else involved) in the spirit of being charitable and you hope other people will behave in the same way but instead they act selfishly and undermine the motivation for the whole project, it is very disappointing.

In my opinion, the mtv broadcasting of the concert is not the same thing of an internet share. If you really want to help, you will not record from the tv or download from internet, you'll buy.
And again, to copy just a single vhs is a long and expansive process (you must have 2 vcrs). After 6-7 copies, the master begins to ruin, and the copies ar never clear as the master.
The quality coping problems don't occour on dvd tracks... cd's are alwais the same. The diffusion time (fiends, relatives, ecc) is however prolungated.

ALL this don't occour on internet. With a good connection, more than 100 pople can download your video in just one day. It's exponential.
And there are so much people that don't care donate. So the entire concept of this operation goes to nothing.
Maybe Brian is hungry for THIS reason.

"I can understand your well-founded outrage at people who seem, in your opinion, to be taking advantage of artist’s charitable work. In that sense you are clearly correct and have every right to be upset. However, on the other side of coin, it is virtually impossible for artists such as yourself to be unaffected by illegal downloads of their music. Clearly, there are those computer-savvy individuals who take advantage no matter what the cost to causes that desperately need the revenue from paying donations. But I ask HOW DO WE PREVENT THIS THEFT! Until there are more restrictions placed on unauthorized downloads I see no other way to prevent artistic theft. Therein lies another argument as to freedom of usage on the internet, this argument is being debated and will continue to be debated until a solution that appeases both sides of the issue."

This cannot be prevented. But if you belive in it, you'll not download, share, and u'll discourage all people you know that do it from doing it (sorry for my devastating english, but i'm italian:). If you are this kind of person, keep your soul in peace: Brian's message is not directed to you.

Manzotin -- Hi! Please read the other paragraph I wrote and you will see that I do not believe in restricting the net that would be impossible, but I think BM's remark was directed solely at those who download music that was meant for charitable donations only.

You also have to look at it from BM's point of view, if you had a song that you put your heart and soul into recorded it, would you want people to download it and distribute it for free especially when you wrote it to raise money for a charitible cause. That is in a way stealing, you cannot deny that fact.

Kriz ;o(

I think people here are still not understanding that Brian is upset about people downloading the studio versions, not the concert.

He really needs to specify whether he's talking about the studio MP3s or videos that people taped off TV.

Well, think about it for a minute. If they're hosting the concert for free on the 46664 website, then he can't be referring to the live songs, is he? Obviously, it's the studio songs he's upset about.

"Well, think about it for a minute. If they're hosting the concert for free on the 46664 website, then obviously he isn't referring to the live songs, is he? Obviously, it's the studio songs he's upset about."

I thought so as well, until I read that Brian accuses the Parasites of hurting DVD sales and not CD sales. If he was solely concerned with studio songs, I don't quite see why he would mention specifically the DVD of a live performance. Perhaps you are right, but it's still too vague for me.


And as for a true definition of what a "parasite" is, I refer you to the following link:
http://46664.tiscali.com/money.html

Ponder that at your own leisure

Very good point, Zeni.