So what did you think of the new album?

[[wcip]Angel]

No, not yet. I was planning on standing in line on the first
day of release till I started hearing how heavy it was
going to be. Then I figured I'd listen to the album
before I actually pay for it; and I'm glad I did. There is
no way I'm paying for something I won't enjoy.


I realise that piracy is a bit of a "no-no" in the states as
well as some places in Europe, but there have been
extensive studies on the subject here in Europe and it
shows that (especially in Norway) piracy actually
increases the sales of music.

It is also supported by my own personal relationship to
music. It was piracy which got me hooked on Metallica
(whose CDs I now own almost all of) and it was piracy
which got me hooked on Dream Theater (which I just
started buying records of. My first purchase was the
Scenes from New York DVD, then the Scenes from New
York triple album, and last time I went to the store, I
picked up 4 of the older albums, including Scenes from
a memory.) It is my firm belief that I would have never
gotten into rock, and my overwhelming love for music
would not have existed had it not been for piracy.
Without it, I'd still be listening to the Lion King
soundtrack.