Mark Knopfler has his own distinct opinion regarding the lawsuit intended by the music industry against Napster and the shops selling bootlegs:
"I am against this lawsuit. It was said TV would be the end of cinema, it was said tapes would kill records and CD burners would kill CDs, but that's not true. Technology will always progress. The only real danger comes from countries which practice industrial piracy. I've always encouraged the recordings of my concerts. From the stage I have fun seeing all those little red lights of recorders and these microphones held by fans. That's no danger and even quite cool. Fans who buy bootlegs already own all the official albums anyway. They do us no harm and I find these raids against bootleg shops ridiculous."
Interview by Sacha Reins, LePoint, September 22, 2000
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