Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Coldplay uncomfortable with capitalism

The American Mind takes a look Coldplay's discomfort with being "a slave to shareholders" and that fact that their album sales have an impact on EMI's stock price. I won't rehash Sean's look at this topic, but I will add one thing. Does this mean that Coldplay would be cool with it if just one person bought their new album, and the rest of us download it for free off of peer to peer networks? And as for their concerts, how about we just all chip in and buy one ticket for someone with a Verizon wireless card, and that person live stream the concert via webcam for the rest of us. Well, don't try either of those things. I somehow suspect that Coldplay enjoys their profits from this ugly slave economy we have and would be more than happy to sue you for damages.

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