PAUL STANLEY: Illegal Downloading Is 'One Of The Tragedies Of The 21st Century'

April 19, 2007

Cameron Adams of Australia's Herald Sun reports:

KISS frontman Paul Stanley has lashed out at people who download music illegally.

"Downloading is one of the tragedies of the 21st century," Stanley said yesterday.

"Under the guise of technology and fancy jargon, people have legalized stealing.

"When you say you're sharing files . . . you can't share what you don't own.

"I can't share your car. Sharing something with one person is one thing, sharing with tens of thousands of people is a crime. It's robbery."

Stanley rejected claims rock bands such as KISS and METALLICA had made enough money to not worry about downloading.

"I don't owe anyone any justification for wanting to get paid," he said. "For anybody else to decide when I have enough money is bollocks.

"I feel angry about it happening to me, but it will kill new artists.

"New bands depend upon that money to carry on. They desperately need that money and, on principle, I want it."

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