RE: [MLUG] Metallica suing universities for complicity in MP3 piracy

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I wonder if this does anything to their record and paraphenalia sales...
It should.

Best Regards,
Darrel Sharpe
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On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Neil Bradshaw wrote:

> 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
> 
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> piracy
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> 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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