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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Wait, what did Metallica, Dre and Eminem do?

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Oh, you sweet summer child.

    Start by simply looking up "Napster".

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Ah OK, just found

    Napster was the original peer-to-peer platform and drew heat from the recording industry. Artists like Dr. Dre, Eminem, Metallica, and plenty more spoke out against the platform.

    (I do know Napster, but didn't know they had spoken out against it. Ah well.)

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    "spoke out against" is an understatement:

    ...besides contributing to the eventual shut down of napster, Metallica first compelled it to ban hundreds of thousands of their fans - who's usernames they delivered to them. Lars Ulrich responded to the backlash by saying "If you'd stop being a Metallica fan because I won't give you my music for free, then fuck you. I don't want you to be a Metallica fan."

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