Metallica’s Kirk Hammett on Napster: ‘We Didn’t Make a Difference’
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Guitarist looks back on how the record industry changed since file-sharing reduced the value of compact discs
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Why Sony Is Launching a Hi-Res Streaming Service in Japan
Posted in: Music Biz NewsMusic-tech giant launches Mora Qualitas and eyes future U.S. and European markets
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Napster, Spotify and the Fall of the ‘Middle-Class Musician’
Posted in: Culture NewsAn excerpt from Jonathan Taplin's 'Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy'
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Relive Napster’s Glory Days in New Doc on 2000s
Posted in: Music News"It's no different than walking into a Tower Records and stealing a Metallica CD," Metallica's Lars Ulrich says in National Geographic doc 'The 2000s'
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Metallica Bringing Music Catalog to Spotify
Posted in: Music NewsHear all nine albums, plus some live tracks, singles and covers
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Without Napster, Would Music Sales Have Boomed?
Posted in: Culture NewsCurrently engaged in legal proceedings against file sharing service LimeWire, record labels including Arista, Capitol and Warner are gearing up to fight unlawful music sharing in court.
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Metallica Offer Up Single Song Downloads at Live Music Site
Posted in: Music NewsFor five years, Metallica's own LiveMetallica Website has offered up high-quality downloads of the band's concerts […]
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Beatles for Sale on Net?
Posted in: Music NewsTheir catalog may soon be downloadable
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Prince Launches Online Store
Posted in: Music NewsPop star to sell new music on own site
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Metallica, Napster Settle
Posted in: Music NewsDr. Dre also drops suit
