woohoo wilco

[Ikarus]

can the riaa pick another argument please?
 
 "WN [wired news]: What was your reaction when copies of A Ghost Is Born started showing up online this year, before the official release?
 
 Tweedy: Something interesting happened. We were contacted by fans who were excited about the fact that they found it on P2P networks, but wanted to give something back in good faith. They wanted to send money to express solidarity with the fact that we'd embraced the downloading community. We couldn't take the money ourselves, so they asked if we could pick a charity instead -- we pointed them to Doctors Without Borders, and they ended up receiving about $15,000."
 
 tweedy sez the right thing...

[kosmo vinyl]

i totally agree with this stance... instead of fighting leaked ablums, embrace them, let the die-hard fans who are going to buy them anyway hear them early, making them even more likely to buy the record when it comes out. and do a good deed by encouraging the charitable donation...