Well one argument to be made is that Lars Ulrich is a businessman. “If we want to give our music away […] Lars Ulrich says Metallica's legendary crusade against Napster in the early days of music sharing on the Internet was founded upon a number of miscalculations by the band and himself.. One of Ulrich's biggest mistakes, he says, was delivering a truckload of documents listing hundreds of thousand of people who allegedly used the company's software to share …

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The Metallica lawsuit was actually three months late. Here’s the statement: “Cliff [Burnstein, METALLICA co-manager] calls one day and says… We were working on a song for this […] The first video, Napster Bad, came out in May 2000 and featured a Frankenstein’s monster-like James Hetfield and a hyperactive Lars Ulrich opining the evils of MP3 sharing.

Later episodes would continue the trope and even expand the “universe” to a small cast of characters. He is best known as the drummer and co-founder of the American heavy metal band Metallica.The son of tennis player Torben Ulrich and grandson of tennis player Einer Ulrich, he also played tennis in his youth and moved to Los Angeles at age … He said that demo version of a Metallica song reached the 20 radios via Napster before it was released. Lars Ulrich R (/ ˈ ʊ l r ɪ k /; Danish: [ˈlɑːs ˈulˀʁek]; born 26 December 1963) is a Danish musician, songwriter, record producer and podcaster. Was Lars Ulrich actually right about Napster? ... and drummer Lars Ulrich became an outspoken defender of artists facing the …

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He said: “The big misconception about the Napster argument was – it had nothing to do with digital, it had nothing to do with technology. Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich once again discussed the infamous Napster movement. Metallica sued Napster 15 years ago today. In an interview with 92Y, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich explained the untold story about why Metallica sued Napster. Napster was the beginning, but by no means the end of … Many believe to this day that it was James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich themselves that dug Napster’s grave. For 35 years, Lars Ulrich has served as Metallica‘s outspoken and flamboyant drummer. View image of Lars Ulrich (L) of Metallica testified before the US Senate in 2000 Late embrace.

He said that demo version of a Metallica song reached the 20 radios via Napster before it was released. View image of Lars Ulrich (L) of Metallica testified before the US Senate in 2000 Late embrace. Shop in The Metallica Store Ships Worldwide Featured Month of Giving Vinyl Club Collaborations Clothing Music Accessories

Lars Ulrich of Metallica arrives at the California offices of Napster in May 2000 to protest against its users sharing his music for free. It was about ownership. Napster was the beginning, but by no means the end of the digital revolution. It is the photographs of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich in standard issue rock star shades overseeing the transportation of these 13 boxes of evidence to Napster's offices that most left their mark in the public consciousness, like a hot mug burning a ring into a Polaroid of their credibility. Almost immediately, backlash against Metallica set in: Hackers hit the band’s website with a message reading “LEAVE NAPSTER ALONE,” and when Lars Ulrich … It was really about asking. It has been 13 years since Metallica took on Napster in a landmark moment for music, and the band's drummer, Lars Ulrich, says that while he still believes in his position in the dispute, he never expected the battle to blow up into a never-ending national story. Lars Ulrich: Metallica vs. Napster "maybe not the smartest PR move of all time" Written by Matti Vähäkainu @ 10 Nov 2017 9:41 User comments (2) We at AfterDawn followed the early days of digital music very closely, and that meant obviously reporting on the historical Metallica vs. Napster case not only inside the courthouse but perhaps especially outside. Despite being the drummer of one of the best selling and most influential heavy metal bands of the last 40 odd years, Ulrich has himself stated that he is a businessman first and a drummer second. In an interview with 92Y, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich explained the untold story about why Metallica sued Napster.