Though his recent statements are unlikely to shock the many young music fans who grew up downloading albums and songs illegally, many were surprised when Neil Young said he didnt really mind piracy.”It doesnt affect me because I look at the internet as the new radio,” Young said in January. “I look at the radio as gone … Piracy is the new radio. Thats how music gets around … Thats the radio. If you really want to hear it, lets make it available, let them hear it, let them hear the 95 percent of it.”

via Neil Young: Piracy Is The New Radio, Way To Get Your Music Heard.Though his recent statements are unlikely to shock the many young music fans who grew up downloading albums and songs illegally, many were surprised when Neil Young said he didnt really mind piracy.”It doesnt affect me because I look at the internet as the new radio,” Young said in January. “I look at the radio as gone … Piracy is the new radio. Thats how music gets around … Thats the radio. If you really want to hear it, lets make it available, let them hear it, let them hear the 95 percent of it.”

via Neil Young: Piracy Is The New Radio, Way To Get Your Music Heard.