EDIT: sorry if the page looks stretched: I have Firefox and it's doing that to my browser - I hope that those of you with IE are not also having this challenge. I think this page is a little glitchy: it's not letting me make a hyperlink with actual anchor text...
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The Reuters article can be found at:
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2005-12-02T004838Z_01_ARM202895_RTRUKOC_0_US-LEISURE-GRATEFULDEAD.xml&archived=FalseAs the entire philosophy of this band is centered around sharing music, it was alarming to hear that the Dead actually considered banning downloads of their live shows. I don't think this would have happened if Jerry was still alive.
Phil is on record saying that he was against the ban from the getgo, and that he didn't really know that anyone else in the band objected to free downloads. Phil rules. Dank you Phil, you are the voice of sanity.
I suspect iTunes charges money for Grateful Dead downloads. I wouldn't know, because I have nothing to do with iTunes (except for streaming roots reggae on my boss's mac). If I pay for music, it better have some cover art and interesting liner notes.
What else do I want to say? Oh yeah, bands that don't have a tape-trading fanbase usually suck.
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