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Analysis: Palm enlists celebrity help
Comment Soon after, assistants for composer Philip Glass, jazz musician Branford Marsalis and Metallica requested, and received, Treo units for their bosses. Lou Reed, one of the founders of the Velvet Underground and the author... [16 Feb 2004]
RIAA sues non-existent Spanish website
News On its website the company advertised access to music from artists such as Madonna and Metallica, which are difficult to find on legal services such as Pressplay, Listen.com's Rhapsody or Apple Computer's iTunes. [10 Jul 2003]
'Hypocritical' Metallica launches music download service
News Call it a change of heart or call it hypocrisy, but Metallica, the band who famously hounded Napster all the way into extinction is to launch its own free music download service. With very little sense of irony,... [04 Jun 2003]
Madonna's site hacked as file-sharers fight dirty
News Metallica, the hard-rock band that proved to be one of Napster's chief antagonists, had its site hacked at the peak of that controversy. Madonna's website has been hacked by advocates of illegal file-sharing after the US... [23 Apr 2003]
Napster lives, PCs reincarnated, call centres demystified
Comment But it's also a name which high-powered execs at major labels - not to mention performers such as Alanis Morissette and Metallica - probably still hear in their nightmares. At last, somebody has bought Napster - ending... [28 Nov 2002]
Napster's gone but file-sharing still soars
News By Larry Dignan The digital distribution of music through services such as Morpheus and Kazaa will continue to thrive with use peaking in 2005, according to a report released Wednesday. The Yankee Group predicts 7.44 billion unlicensed... [14 Aug 2002]
Anti-piracy ménage a trois?
Comment It's not often you get to list the names Celine Dion (dreary French Canadian warbler) Neil Kinnock (verbose Welsh waffler) and Lars Ulrich (drummer for heavy metal band Metallica) in the same sentence. [12 Jul 2002]
Napster settles with Metallica
News Napster has settled out of court with heavy metal rock group, Metallica who had spearheaded a campaign to stamp out file sharing across the Napster service since accusing the organisation of denting its profits. [13 Jul 2001]
Bridget Jones is a load of old WAP
Comment Metallica being the obvious exception, but then maybe they think their fan base is big enough and loyal enough not to abandon them in droves just because their idols speak their minds. Bridget-type mobile content is... [05 Apr 2001]
Spirit of Napster lives on as encryption evades searches
News Rock group Metallica, Napster's original adversary, moved to have mp3's of their music blocked in May last year though versions were still available today, highlighting the mammoth task the firm has reluctantly agreed to. [13 Mar 2001]
The silicon.com Weekly Round-Up: Napster adieu, for now?
Comment So they've allowed Napster to carry on taking the food out of the mouths of impoverished rock stars like Metallica until a new document is drafted, when (barring further appeals) Napster will be shut down. [16 Feb 2001]
Transatlantic Cable: Needling Napster & mugging MP3
Comment I'm talking here about two groups: Metallica and the RIAA (the Recording Industry Association of America), both of whom are engaged in legal battles over digital music. Metallica (a heavy metal group)... [30 Aug 2000]
Napster users triumphant, but questions persist
Comment One user had a slightly less orthodox approach - zX0#0Xz's contribution to the debate was: "I say we beat the hell otta (sic) the guy from Metallica who started this whole thing. Napster's servers are still online,... [23 Aug 2000]
Napster used by 57 per cent of US students
News Napster has already courted controversy this year and is the subject of two lawsuits, from rock band Metallica and rapper Dr Dre, for allegedly facilitating the pirating of music. Over half of all US college students now... [17 May 2000]
