Bono supports monitoring internet use

[Mystic]

U2 frontman Bono has slammed internet service providers for allowing
customers to trade rock records online - branding them "reverse Robin
Hoods".

The rocker accuses wealthy web executives of benefiting from the
ailing music industry, which loses potential profits whenever albums
are illegally downloaded.

And he's warned that the same problem could cripple Hollywood as the
popularity of sharing films over the internet increases.

In a column in the New York Times, Bono writes: "The immutable laws of
bandwidth tell us we're just a few years away from being able to
download an entire season of (TV series) 24 in 24 seconds.

"A decade's worth of music file-sharing and swiping has made clear
that the people it hurts are the creators... The people this reverse
Robin Hooding benefits are rich service providers, whose swollen
profits perfectly mirror the lost receipts of the music business.

"The only thing protecting the movie and TV industries from the fate
that has befallen music and indeed the newspaper business is the size
of the files."

The 'Beautiful Day' hitmaker believes the problem would be solved if
internet service providers monitor their file-sharers and enforce
strict controls, adding: "We know from America's noble effort to stop
child pornography, not to mention China's ignoble effort to suppress
online dissent, that it's perfectly possible to track content...

"Perhaps movie moguls will succeed where musicians and their moguls
have failed so far, and rally America to defend the most creative
economy in the world, where music, film, TV and video games help to
account for nearly four per cent of gross domestic product."

WENN.com

[musicaner]

their last RECORD BOMBED and so will henceforth all their records.
theyve hit the wall they are done.
they should have been done years ago. in a couple of years they will,
THE BIGGEST AND GREATEST BAND
in the WORLD, dropped the record label. goobay.

[Mystic]

>their last RECORD BOMBED and so will henceforth all their records.
>theyve hit the wall they are done.
>they should have been done years ago. in a couple of years they will,
>THE BIGGEST AND GREATEST BAND
>in the WORLD, dropped the record label. goobay.

Bono ain't gonna be makin no mo musical extravagnza's cause he be too
busy politician for global ruler position.................

[Wiley One]

"Mystic" <mys...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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I got dibs on that job...I like the shades you get to wear.

[bmo...@nyx.net]

It only bombed relative to their other records - it's still done
pretty well. Main problem is that the single didn't do too well and
that impacted album sales. Still, it's absurd to say that they are
"done".