{"id":268690,"date":"2010-02-02T20:01:10","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T01:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/articles\/20100202\/1210108010.shtml"},"modified":"2010-02-02T20:01:10","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T01:01:10","slug":"keith-urban-supports-unauthorized-downloaders-except-when-he-doesnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/268690","title":{"rendered":"Keith Urban Supports Unauthorized Downloaders… Except When He Doesn’t"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ah, the things that happen when you sign your life away. A month or so ago singer Keith Urban won a People’s Choice Award for “Favorite Male Audience.” In his acceptance speech, he declared that he was so happy, even for the folks who downloaded his music in an unauthorized manner:<\/p>\n


\n“I don’t even care if you download it illegally, give it to your friends. I really don’t care. I love the people to hear the music and come out and see us play live.”
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\nApparently, though, he no longer means it. He’s now he meant something entirely different<\/a>:<\/p>\n


\n“What I said came out nothing like I meant,” explained Urban. “I was referring to the old days when you’d buy a record, do a cassette tape and give it to your girlfriend, and then maybe she likes it and becomes a fan.”
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Of course, if that was the case, why did he say “download it illegally” and why did he say — twice — that he doesn’t care about that. If he was talking about people buying it and sharing it with their friends, why not just say that? So why did he misspeak:<\/p>\n


\n“I’ve never done an awards show where they seem to let you talk infinitely,” he said. “I was waiting for the ‘wrap’ sign to come up, and it never came up.”
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Looking at the video, he expresses his love for people who download his music about 20 seconds into the acceptance speech. Before he even thanks his wife. I don’t think you can chalk that up to rambling because he had too much time.<\/p>\n

All in all, it sounds like those who he signed his life away to at EMI\/Capitol Records probably sat him down and had a chat.<\/p>\n

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