"You need to embrace technology and see how it can help you," he said. "As for illegal downloading, does that really hurt you if they [downloaders] love you? It's just taste-testing."

Ed O'Brien of Radiohead took an even more extreme stance, suggesting that anyone who opposed the UK government's 'three strikes' disconnection policy was seen as "the Taliban".

In a video message broadcast during the Saturday morning sessions, the band's guitarist explained that the Featured Artists' Coalition took the stance ...