In case you hadn't heard about Trent Reznor's latest advice to music fans, check out the video below.
It's from a Sept. 16 concert in Sydney, in which Reznor delivers a speech blasting the high price of CDs, cursing the record industry and encouraging fans to retaliate by stealing music. "Steal it, " he urges. "Steal away. Steal and steal and steal some more, and give it to all your friends, and keep on stealing. Because one way or another these ---- will get it through their head that they're ripping people off, and that's not right."
Reznor then launches into the groaning track "The Day The World Went Away."
Five years ago, this would have been a pretty shocking stance to take. (Remember when even Lars Ulrich of Metallica wanted to crack down on illegal downloading?) These days, however, with the music industry apparently going up in flames, Reznor's rant seems like one more piece of kindling thrown onto the blaze.
Maybe the song Reznor should have played was "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)."