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Heavy metal rock band Metallica has sued three universities and Napster — whose software lets users trade music files on the Internet — for allegedly encouraging students to pirate the band's music.

Back in 2000, Metallica's Lars Ulrich was loudly criticized for turning over the user IDs of over 335,000 people who had illegally downloaded Metallica's leaked song "I Disappear" via Napster in ...

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Metallica famously sued Napster in 2000 over claims of copyright infringement and racketeering after hearing an unreleased demo of "I Disappear" on the radio, and finding out the song was downloaded ...

Time may be running out for University students to freely download MP3s over the Internet, especially from services such as Napster. Lawyers for Metallica and Dr. Dre — two of the loudest critics of ...

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One reason I’m really looking forward to dying one day is that I will never, ever, ever again have to talk about, listen to, or participate in any debate about whether or not Metallica and Lars Ulrich ...

NEW YORK — Offering the file-sharing faithful a tidbit of good news in an otherwise grim week, Napster said Thursday that it had settled its long-running court battles with musical nemeses Metallica ...

Metallica will release their first album in eight years, Hardwired… To Self Destruct, this Friday (11/18), but you can hear it a little early. Today (11/16) and tomorrow (11/17), Metallica will debut ...

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