Episode 129 – Metallica vs Napster

The guys it into the history of online music, the kids who broke the record industry and the band who became the face of shutting it all down.   SHOW NOTES: The book “The Year That Broke America” – https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-year-that-broke-america-andrew-rice 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/