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Alec Empire strikes back

Angus Batey, The Guardian, 28 March 2008

"I FIGHT BACK!" a grinning Alec Empire blurts, explaining why his iPod contains only three albums (by John Coltrane and Stockhausen) but has been filled up with bootleg films. "I demand free access to movies, because I'm a musician! They downloaded my music, so I have a right to get these movies from the internet."

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