Every once in a while in Stereophile there is an interview with a well know record producer. It's quite interesting to hear their philsophies of production and stories of their experiences with particular artists/bands/albums. Oops, did I say "albums"? I meant "CDs". My generation is showing through there.
Metallica are well know for being aware of and aggressive in preventing illegal copying of their music. I would not be at all surprised if it is the band that is behind the observation in your post. They may be trying to be proactive and use the emerging technologies to their advantage rather than just going around bringing lawsuits against people.
If you're a fan of the band and follow them, maybe you might come across some interviews as part of promotion of the new album in which they address this. Maybe even in their website.
It's probably a good thing for the band, if not from an audiophile's perspective. The audiphile's may just have to grit their teeth and bear it until data bandwidth infrastructure increases and higher quality downloads become more feasible.
Metallica are well know for being aware of and aggressive in preventing illegal copying of their music. I would not be at all surprised if it is the band that is behind the observation in your post. They may be trying to be proactive and use the emerging technologies to their advantage rather than just going around bringing lawsuits against people.
If you're a fan of the band and follow them, maybe you might come across some interviews as part of promotion of the new album in which they address this. Maybe even in their website.
It's probably a good thing for the band, if not from an audiophile's perspective. The audiphile's may just have to grit their teeth and bear it until data bandwidth infrastructure increases and higher quality downloads become more feasible.
