Damian Kulash on File Sharing

Damian Kulash, lead singer of OK Go, in an op-ed in The New York Times:

To be clear, I certainly don’t encourage people to pirate our music. I have poured my life into my band, and after two major label records, our accountants can tell you that we’re not real rock stars yet. But before a million people can buy our record, a million people have to hear our music and like it enough to go looking for it. That won’t happen without a lot of people playing us for their friends, which, in turn, won’t happen without a fair amount of file sharing.

★ Saturday, 10 December 2005