Talking of filesharing, that Bono fella has been talking about the whole issue in America, presumably as he does the media circuit to promote new album 'No Line On The Horizon'. And he says that while millionaire pop stars like him don't need any more money, the music community at large has a duty to ensure less wealthy artists and songwriters are fairly paid for their work, and should lobby political types to do something to combat online piracy. Not that he expects politicians to act though, although he says they probably will once the film studios and TV companies really start to suffer from file sharing. And do you know, quite of few of those points are spot on.
The U2 man told USA Today: "People think people like me are overpaid and over-nourished, and they're not wrong. What they're missing is, how does a songwriter get paid? It's not the place for rich rock stars to ask for more money, but somebody should fight for fellow artists, because this is madness. Music has become tap water, a utility, where for me it's a sacred thing, so I'm a little offended . The music business has been thrown to the dogs legislatively. That will change when filesharing of TV shows and movies becomes as easy as songs. Somebody is going to call the cops".