Metallica Says It's Sorry About Review Takedowns
Found on Techdirt on Thursday, 12 June 2008
Mathew Ingram alerts us to the news that the band Metallica has responded on its own website to the controversy over representatives from the band demanding reviews of the band's latest album get taken offline.
It seems like a weak cop-out to say "oh, it was our managers' fault" when the band has had so much controversy concerning how it has interacted with the internet community. Besides, even this response rings hollow. The band only seemed concerned that the management team took down "mostly positive reviews," not the fact that it took down reviews.
As said earlier, nothing but a PR stunt to get some attention. The takedown made it around the world, and now they want to lokk like victims of the management. Sorry, this is not working.