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If they have the money to sue universities, they have plenty of money.
Greedy bastards. They have a right to their music, but this is pathetic. If
they want to do something constructive, how about putting out a record that
isn't a corporate sellout.
Regards,
Neil
-----Original Message-----
From: EMAIL:PROTECTED
[mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Mike Miller
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 12:04 AM
To: MLUG list
Subject: [MLUG] Metallica suing universities for complicity in MP3
piracy
Full story here:
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1694163.html
Napster, universities sued by Metallica
By John Borland
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
April 13, 2000, 4:35 p.m. PT
Heavy-metal band Metallica sued the Napster MP3-trading software company
and a trio of universities today, charging that together they were
responsible for massive violations of the band's copyrights.
[snip]
Metallica's case throws a new twist into the legal wrangling by alleging
the complicity of Yale University, the University of Southern California
(USC) and Indiana University in music piracy.
[snip]
"Some artists are in it for the pure art of music. Others are in it for
the money," said Wayne Chang, a Haverhill, Mass., student who manages
Napster's online community bulletin boards. "Metallica just showed which
side of the line they're on."
[snip]
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