Thursday, November 01, 2007

Ozzy Osbourne Blames Poor Album Sales On Illegal Downloading

Sounds like unlike Trent Reznor, Ozzy Osbourne did not have an OiNK account. Osbourne is complaining that he is “suffering terribly” from the effects of illegal downloading. The Ozz man tells Australia’s Herald Sun that sales of his newest release Black Rain have lagged because of Web piracy, forcing him to perform ninety concerts this year — a career high for the fifty-eight-year-old singer. “If they don’t find something to stop [illegal downloading], people won’t be able to make records. There won’t be any new bands. How are they going to survive?” he asked.

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/11/01/ozzy-osbourne-blames-poor-album-sales-on-illegal-downloading/

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