When Metallica faced Napster: 25 years of the trial that changed the music industry forever

On April 13, 2000, the hard rock group Metallica stopped appearing in the music section of the news to do so in business, economics, technology and law. The motive: the lawsuit he filed against the Napster website for copyright infringement. It all started when, on the file exchange platform, someone hung the I Disappear model, a theme that the band led by drummer Lars Ulrich and vocalist James Hetfield had composed for the soundtrack of the fil…

How do they fire you from a band for being a wild drunk when that same band would give itself the nickname of "Alcoholica"? For Metallica’s original lead guitarist, Dave Mustaine, the problem was not how much he consumed, but how alcohol hit him hard. His companions, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Cliff Burton, were noisy and stupid when they drank. But they were naughty, not malicious. Mustaine, on the other hand, could become volatile and der…