Grateful Dead are against the laws of nature

Found on The Inquirer on Sunday, 11 June 2006
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The MPAA is fuming that aging rockers Grateful Dead have made a fortune by encouraging fans to record their concerts.

Barlow managed to get up Glickman's nose with the claim that the band did well out of letting people record their concerts for free.

Gickman said that it was "ridiculous to believe that you can give product away for free and be more successful. I mean it defies the laws of nature."

Barlow fired back that the music and movie business were aging industries run by aging men, and they're up against 17-year-olds who have turned themselves into electronic Hezbollah because they resent the content industry for its proprietary practices.

He said that despite the fact the music industry had bought out the more powerful institutions in the land, it will be the 17 and 18 year olds who would eventually win. It was in his generation and it will be in the future.

Gickman seems to be pretty blind and deaf; Grateful Dead proved that they can live fine with "piracy". On the other hand it's obvious that Gickman has to fume about all this to justify the company he's representing.