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The internet site, napster.com. >> it began when metallica heard on the radio a song that they hadnt released yet. ♪ ♪ metallica was like, what? >> april 14th, metallica filed a lawsuit against napster for basically encouraging people to steal and trade music. >> we started this thing called x metallica fan.org, asking the community to completely ban and boycott metallica it >> im glad your next metallica fan because i dont want you to be a fan if thats your attitude. >> i embraced fileshari...

>> so, we suddenly had a platform for sharing music, to the frustration of the label i was on. >> napster built 1 million multimillion dollar business based on people copying files to millions and millions of people they dont know. >> theres a way the technology can be adapted to benefit the parties involved, the artists, the industry, and users. >> they shouldve been an early version of itunes. its a tragedy didnt happen. >> he was court of appeals has ruled that napster is infringing on copyri...

Ban and boycott metallica. >> i dont want you to be a fan of ours if thats your attitude. >> i cant speak for the other bands, but i embraced file sharing. >> if you have napster -- >> our band was given a career because of napster. >> so suddenly i had a platform for sharing my music to the frustration of a label. >> napster built a multibillion dollar business based on people copy iing files to millions and millions of people they dont know. >> theres a way that the technology can be adapted t...

Back then. >> napster is infringing on copyrighted music. letting users steal songs. >> the music label executives absolutely didnt want any kind of itunes-style distribution to fit with the internet because they are terrified of unbundling the single from the album. so for a long time, they were able to take one hit song like "complicate "complicated", and that song comes out in the late 90s its going to move 20 million albums at $10 each. five or six years later, its not going to. its going to...

Is one of the hottest trends. that has companies heading to court. >> in the late 90s and early 2000s the music industry grew come play isnt. they said you have to start investing in the technology that comes after the compact disk and they refused to do it. >> the bad boys are picking a fight with the internet site napster.com. >> the lawsuits began when metal ka heard on the radio a song that they hadnt released yet. metallica was like, what? >> april 14th, metallica filed a lawsuit against na...