Metallica vs Napster

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The guys go back to 1999 to unpack the story of two internet friends and how they accidentally change the future of music - all while (Saint) Anger-ing one of the biggest bands in the world.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica_v._Napster,_Inc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Fanning

https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-parker-life-career-napster-facebook-billionaire-pictures-2020-3

The 2000 Time magazine article about Napster: https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,998068,00.html

https://museumofportablesound.com/mp325-2/

https://www.kerrang.com/metallica-vs-napster-the-lawsuit-that-redefined-how-we-listen-to-music

The Alex Winter documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSZqkn9hT5w

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/24/napster-music-free-file-sharing

https://fortune.com/2013/09/05/ashes-to-ashes-peer-to-peer-an-oral-history-of-napster/

Lars in front of the senate judiciary committee - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzGk0xY5Vh0

https://www.mtv.com/news/4rzogn/dr-dre-sues-napster

https://blabbermouth.net/news/lars-ulrich-admits-delivering-names-of-napster-users-was-maybe-not-the-smartest-pr-move-of-all-time

Chuck D and Lars on Charlie Rose: https://youtu.be/1OIqtHBbDWA

https://www.mtv.com/news/k625y4/napster-to-sponsor-free-tour-by-limp-bizkit-cypress-hill

The Wired article: https://www.wired.com/2000/04/giving-it-back-to-metallica/

2020 SPIN article: https://www.spin.com/2020/04/revisiting-the-lessons-of-metallicas-napster-lawsuit-in-the-era-of-coronavirus/

The Bandsplaining video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUm6no5MXYA

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=113924&page=1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2002/09/04/judge-blocks-napsters-sale-to-bertelsmann/c8d1ec76-c151-46dc-8b35-809d74f846aa/

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The guys go back to 1999 to unpack the story of two internet friends and how they accidentally change the future of music - all while (Saint) Anger-ing one of the biggest bands in the world.

Support the show on Patreon

See the show on YouTube

Visit the show on Instagram

Visit the show on Facebook


SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica_v._Napster,_Inc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Fanning

https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-parker-life-career-napster-facebook-billionaire-pictures-2020-3

The 2000 Time magazine article about Napster: https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,998068,00.html

https://museumofportablesound.com/mp325-2/

https://www.kerrang.com/metallica-vs-napster-the-lawsuit-that-redefined-how-we-listen-to-music

The Alex Winter documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSZqkn9hT5w

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/24/napster-music-free-file-sharing

https://fortune.com/2013/09/05/ashes-to-ashes-peer-to-peer-an-oral-history-of-napster/

Lars in front of the senate judiciary committee - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzGk0xY5Vh0

https://www.mtv.com/news/4rzogn/dr-dre-sues-napster

https://blabbermouth.net/news/lars-ulrich-admits-delivering-names-of-napster-users-was-maybe-not-the-smartest-pr-move-of-all-time

Chuck D and Lars on Charlie Rose: https://youtu.be/1OIqtHBbDWA

https://www.mtv.com/news/k625y4/napster-to-sponsor-free-tour-by-limp-bizkit-cypress-hill

The Wired article: https://www.wired.com/2000/04/giving-it-back-to-metallica/

2020 SPIN article: https://www.spin.com/2020/04/revisiting-the-lessons-of-metallicas-napster-lawsuit-in-the-era-of-coronavirus/

The Bandsplaining video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUm6no5MXYA

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=113924&page=1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2002/09/04/judge-blocks-napsters-sale-to-bertelsmann/c8d1ec76-c151-46dc-8b35-809d74f846aa/

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

2025-04-30 42 min
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