[cferneyh]

So the Hip's record company is appalled that people are trying to download VS off of Kazaa for free, but they are giving away free copies of Heaven is a Better Place Today with beer. I'd be curious to know how much the Hip get in this deal given that their record company is so concerned about their ability to support themselves because of Kazaa. Call me crazy, but I'm guessing Universal is getting a much bigger chunk from Labatt than the Hip are. So the message is "free" music is OK, so long as it has been sanctioned by the record companies. But any free music where the record company doesn't get their cut is bad because the artists won't be able to eat. Yeah, OK.