E-Dribble

I often bitch about the lack of innovation when it comes to scammers of late.  I’ve seen the same thing over and over.  So much so, that I’ve reached the point that I don’t even amuse myself any longer(hence the lack of recent content).  Hey, don’t hate the player, hate the game.

Ah, but I found a guy that has rekindled in my heart the hope that we may see some new and innovative scams soon.

Recently, I read an article that laid out a method of searching mp3 directories across the web for music.  I followed the instructions and damned if I didn’t find results for all the searches I made.  I was pretty impressed, but seeing as how I don’t download music illegally, it wasn’t of much use to me, so I quickly forgot about the bookmark.  Until today.  I was trying to download one of the free albums from ytcracker, but the page he directs you to is inaccessible.  Then I remembered this incredible link I found, so I fired it up and gave it a spin.  Which led me to Wally.

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Well, when it comes to lawsuits against their fans.  When it comes to providing their music in new and innovative ways, they’ll wait until it’s been proven economically feasible before they’ll try it.

You’ll remember that Metallica was one of the main proponents in the initial lawsuits that brought down Napster. Now, they’d like you to know that it was never about downloading music.  They just, you know…. didn’t want you to do it then.  Now it’s ok of course, because Trent Reznor made an assload of cash doing it.

What really happened is this:  Metallica got caught hugging an antiquated music distribution system.  When the fear of sales dropping touched their wallets, they lashed out.  Over the years, they’ve held their stance, because nobody else broke the mold.  Now that bands like Radiohead, Trent Reznor and others have proven that you can sell a lot of music this way, they’re willing to try it.  Oh, and hey, let’s just forget about that whole “attack our fans” phase we went through.

Hey, who am I to judge?  I’ll download their new album…. If they offer it for free.

Hey, I’m no pirate.