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- jos22, on 03/05/2009, -4/+324thirty minutes how slow is his internet
- zosoIV, on 03/05/2009, -6/+269Lars isn't the frontman. James Hetfield is.
- holyskeleton, on 03/05/2009, -6/+256lols on them.
let's see the RIAA go after this one. "Metallica frontman sued by RIAA for pirating his own album" - sajsemegaloma, on 03/05/2009, -7/+236Drummer, not frontman. But hilarious.
- ALiberalMind, on 03/05/2009, -4/+196Even the pirates didn't want to seed it.
- dnRoyston, on 03/05/2009, -33/+204Facepalm.jpg
Honestly, who still listens to Metallica or any of their members (their opinions, not their music)? They have more flip-flops than a mid-town pancake house. Still, though, dugg for hilarity. - OnAsideNote, on 03/05/2009, -24/+130I stopped listening to them when they killed Napster.
They are no longer relevant to me. - zeabu, on 03/05/2009, -0/+97I advise you to wash your wang.
- RobertJecl, on 05/30/2009, -58/+147Who is Metallica?
- CLShortFuse, on 03/05/2009, -5/+90I downloaded it too because the CD has unbearable clipping since they went out of their way to make it so loud it killed the quality.
I had to get the Guitar Hero III audio rip - Vaiper, on 03/05/2009, -4/+77Someone needs to check the definition of "frontman"....
- TDot1980, on 03/05/2009, -10/+81MONEY GOOD! NAPSTER BAD!
- inactive, on 03/05/2009, -20/+90Grandpa, whats a metallica?
- AtomicTheory, on 03/05/2009, -1/+65Bigger news than the article is that apparently Ulrich has become Metallica's frontman.
- CLShortFuse, on 03/05/2009, -1/+65From actual article:
In a 2003 interview with Launch, Lars about the band's battle with Napster, "Most of the time, it's like a bad dream, like what the ***** was that? [Several] years later, it's like did that really happen? We went from being somewhat well-respected, well-liked, and then I woke up one day and all of a sudden I was the most hated man in rock 'n' roll. It was like, huh? Me? What did I do wrong? I'm one of the good guys. That was all kind of weird. If you look at our history, we've always been pretty protective of our own *****. When anybody got too close or ***** with our *****, we always took action. In retrospect, I'm proud of what we did, I really felt sideswiped on that one. In my own little ignorant world, I didn't see it coming. I was completely ignorant and unaware of the magnitude of this issue for people. I was just sitting there in my own little selfish world going, 'I'm going to protect METALLICA. Don't ***** with METALLICA.' Then (explosion sound), 'You're pro-record company, you're greedy!' I'm not pro-record company. We invented being anti-record company. We told our record company to go ***** themselves before anyone else. Stop. It was a very surreal thing, because it was so hard to connect what I read about myself and METALLICA, it was so abstract to what was on my radar about my own reality. People going, 'You're a really greedy little man.' It was like, what are you talking about? We've been giving ***** away for years. We want to be the ones giving it away, not someone else. I'm proud of the stance we took. It was a very tough time. It was a much tougher time, because in the middle of that you have to put your best game face on. It was difficult. A lot of that ***** hurt and it was very bewildering because it was difficult to connect it to your own reality. For better or worse, it got a good debate started. In retrospect, I'm not claiming any sort of victory — who gives a ***** about that? — I think more people are starting to realize, not that we were right, but this is an issue that is changing the face of everything that is going on. Not only the music world, but the film world is next. What better way to deal with it than at least educate people about it. If nothing else, I look back at the six months in 2000 as the first step in the education." - angelgabe, on 03/05/2009, -12/+73As a rule I stopped supporting Metallica the moment they started attacking fans. It's obvious they couldn't care less about their fans, they're far more concerned with their fans' money.
- tyho, on 03/05/2009, -4/+62You know I did too. But in retrospect, Lars did a lot for file sharing in the end. By attacking and subsequently killing Napster,he created some motivated and pissed off people who only created more and more file sharing.
The epitome of a useful idiot I'd say. - 33PercentGod, on 03/06/2009, -0/+51metallicadeathmagneticpokemon18yearoldnudejessicaalba.exe?
- Raider007, on 03/05/2009, -3/+54so does that mean he's gotta pay $250k per song once he sues himself?
- cardyology, on 03/05/2009, -24/+73As an old-time fan, I never thought I'd say this but Lars Ulrich & the rest of Metallica can suck my stinking, un-washed wang.
- inactive, on 03/05/2009, -6/+48Welcome to the darkside Lars. You can be our bitch. Go get me a danish.
- ifonly, on 03/05/2009, -0/+39He's probably using Kazaa
- dizzythegreat, on 03/05/2009, -4/+43Next Metallica story:
Lars Ulrich addicted to internet piracy, shamefully withdraws previous remarks. - 4degrees, on 03/05/2009, -10/+47a band that should have burned out rather than faded away.
- flowingsphere, on 03/05/2009, -2/+37The best part about this article is that Lars found it bizarre. Seriously, how out of touch with reality are musicians like him? Indie bands make a living off of the Internet and distribution through it. He has no idea because he's got more money then he knows what to do with.
- Murdats, on 03/05/2009, -1/+36copyright infringement isn't stealing
if he owns the copyright he isn't infringing it
what would happen if you went to a bookshop and copied down your own book? - EricAnderton, on 03/05/2009, -1/+36"I look back at the six months in 2000 as the first step in the education."
That's a valid point. Someone had to be the first to get it wrong. - darny, on 03/05/2009, -7/+42This is good. I think people need to read this instead of just jumping on the hate wagon. I still think he's a "greedy little man" (and a shortsighted, antiquated talentless moron), but at least he's able to look back on what he said and did somewhat critically.
- ProjectGSX, on 03/05/2009, -0/+34Ask the record label if they care about their lost revenue from the copy he downloaded instead of buying.
- duncan202, on 03/05/2009, -1/+35Still.. he's not. James Hetfield is.
And further you may not have to be the lead singer.. but you can't be the drummer. It's in the rules. - 0rthogonal, on 03/05/2009, -0/+33I think it took him 30 mins to figure out how to do it.
- inigomntoya, on 03/05/2009, -1/+33Seriously. Had they died in a helicopter accident after recording the Black Album, they would be legends. Now, they are just a bunch of burned out rockers...
- zeabu, on 03/05/2009, -8/+40Facepalm.jpg.exe
- TheUngod, on 03/05/2009, -7/+37I just find it sad even Lars thought the new album was so bad it wasn't worth paying for.
- anexanhume, on 03/05/2009, -7/+36Even if they act retarded, I never get mad at the artist. It's not unfair for an artist to expect to be able to make a living from their trade (arguably if they must have another job, their art will suffer), and this is especially applicable to lesser known artists who won't be living on multi-million sales numbers.
The enemy is the middle-man. The record company restricts how the product will be distributed, priced, and they control how much profit the artist will get. If only artists could easily get their product out to the masses without record companies getting in the way, everyone would be happier. Unfortunately, I don't know how realistic that is.
As a side note, does anyone else's text box jump around like a kangaroo on speed while they are trying to type in it? - Egroh08, on 03/06/2009, -0/+27@33PercentGod: Don't be a pussy, that seems legit.
- Coffeedemon, on 03/05/2009, -3/+29You know what else is not relevant in 2009...
Napster. - Namco, on 03/05/2009, -2/+28Facepalm.jpg.exe.app.rpm.tar.gz.kill.em.all.rar
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Facepalm.jpg.exe.app.rpm.tar.gz.kill.em.all.nfo - Schralpy, on 03/05/2009, -1/+26Toy Story 2 was okay!
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...................................,<`.._|_,-&``................`\ - bkrejchi, on 03/05/2009, -2/+26Well I for one, would declare you retarded.
- zomgz, on 03/05/2009, -62/+85***** METALLICA
- BlueStarr, on 03/05/2009, -11/+33What a ***** jackass.
This clown needs to stfu and fade away already.
(frontman? lol only after they retired). - daschupa, on 03/05/2009, -0/+22Umm, James Hetfield?
- kckern, on 03/05/2009, -1/+23ProjectGSX is right. He may own intellectual property, but his record label doubtless owns distribution rights (exclusively).
- physe, on 03/05/2009, -2/+24So are the Pirate Bay guys on the hook for this download as well, since the prosecution thinks that one download equals one sale?
- fwoofles, on 03/05/2009, -7/+28You're still a douche Lars
- inactive, on 03/05/2009, -5/+26"Why Billy, Metallica was a band that I used to walk 20 miles up hill to go see. And when they were done, I had to walk those same 20 miles uphill, in the snow now, to get home." "But grandpa, my name isn't Billy." "Shut-up and get me my prune juice!"
- alexdemers, on 03/05/2009, -1/+21Same. I bought the album and the sound was horrible. I downloaded the Guitar Hero 3 version and it's much clearer.
- superterrorizer, on 03/05/2009, -1/+20Knowing the RIAA, they'll probably sue him tomorrow.
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