JudasPriest Guitarist: Filesharing Dont Bother Me

[DudeAsInCool]

Blistering.com: The record label to combat all of the Internet downloading is heavily guarding the new album. What is your stance on this?

K.K. Downing: "Not really, but the release date is always the release date. I know for a fact when I was a fan, I would get the buildup and it was great to hit the record store and run home with the vinyl and just have a blast. As far as we are concerned, we want to release the record, hit the road, and have it all be exciting. Not to have the energy and excitement diffused, its all the better really. As a person, I don't know too much about downloading, but I know the fans want to go to the record shop and get the article, the one the band wanted you to have in your hands. I can't say that I'm really that bothered if people get the thing for free over the Internet."

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermo...ewsitemID=32267

[Ken]

Translation.....

He could give two shits. He apparently is content with his bank accounts and other assets.

[Redneck4sure]

The record companies probably screw him out of his share of the money anyway. As Billy Preston said, "Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin'". He makes his money from stuff other than cd sales.

[KiwiCoromandel]

why should it bother him?...he`s been in the game a long time and is just about ready to retire......although it is refreshing to hear that sort of thing from a professional musician these days..... :strumma: