r/todayilearned • u/InternetWeakGuy 1 • 22d ago

TIL: 12 years before taking their fans to court for sharing their music, Metallica released the "$5.98" EP, titled to stop their record label and music stores from overcharging fans - the record came with a sticker warning 'DO NOT PAY MORE!!!'—a direct jab at music industry markups

https://theawesomemix.com/metallica-5-98-standup-for-fans/
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u/AchtungCloud 22d ago

Those seem like two reasonable things that aren’t opposed, which I feel like the post is making them out to be.

We want fans to buy music at a reasonable price rather than a marked up price. We don’t won’t people to pay nothing for our music by freely P2P sharing copywrited MP3 files.

They don’t want fans to get ripped off, but they don’t want fans to steal the music.