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# Trent Reznor Understands Why Fans File-Share Music; Why? Because He Does It Too.
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/trent-reznor-understands-why-fans-file-share-music-why-because-he-does-it-too/
- Published: 2010-10-12T14:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-10-12T14:00:00.000Z
- Description: In an interview with Drowned In Sound, Trent Reznor talks about his role in the movie The Social Network. Further into the talk, he gave an interesting insight into file-sharing. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/10/trent-reznor-understands-why-fans-file-share-music-why-because-
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In an interview with *Drowned In Sound*, **Trent Reznor** talks about his role in the movie *The Social Network*. Further into the talk, he gave an interesting insight into file-sharing and his understanding of it. He grasps what motivates fans to file-share music, because he does it himself. Rather than considering himself above the topic and ignoring the conversations that his fans are having; he became a part of them. While he doesn’t agree with some their conclusions, he’s in there, trying to make sense of their rational. His conclusion is that file-sharing is the result of bigger problems than he can change.

"It’s strange when you’ve got **a public that’s interested** in what your work but doesn’t feel obliged to compensate you in any way. That’s a result of **bigger problems than I can change**. I can stand on a podium and say that music shouldn’t be free and I don’t, but I’m not gonna yell at you, as I’m losing that end of the argument. **I understand why people steal**, I steal myself and it’s not because I don’t respect artists, it’s because I want something **I can’t get in any other way**." ([Read on](http://drownedinsound.com/in%5Fdepth/4141283-interview--trent-reznor-discusses-the-social-network-soundtrack?ref=hypebot.com).)