cool, but Metallica still sucks for what they did to napster.
this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2025
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This is basically the same thing.
Napster had a standing army? Neat!
Nah, we were mostly sitting while searching for obscene "weird al" songs
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I still hold a YUUUUGE grudge towards metallica for what they did to napster. I will die on this hill damn it.
Metallica were just a bunch of tone deaf (speech) poster boys for the RIAA.
Napster was too big and too bold. They let themselves become synonymous with pirated music. There's no way capitalism would let that alone. If it wasn't Metallica, it would have to have been someone else.
On the upside, the Case was between Reload and St. Anger; their sales dropped by half and never recovered.
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100%
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When reached for comment, James Hetfield responded, "YEAH-YEAAAAH, WHOA."
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How on earth did it take so long? I’ve been copystruck by these assholes at least three or four dozen times in the 30 years I’ve been pirating … Stuff.
Metallica loves imperialism for the most part, that's how.
Imperialism is a strong noun. Sure they've benefited greatly off the back of US imperialism, but Jesus, condemn us all. It's not like they didn't write "Disposable Heros" or "One." Sure they can be litigious twats, but saying they're pro Imperialism is peak brain rot.
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Oh fun. This webiste's cookie banner only has a "accept everything" button.
Ah, sorry. My adblocker blocks those annoyong popups. I had no idea.
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After striking themselves this is a close 2nd of funniest Metallica strikes
Broken clocks, as they say.
Good! Fuck letting Nazis appropriate anything into their culture of bigotry and hate.
i have bad news about who metallica has shown themselves to be in the last 5 years
Out of the loop old-school fan- what have I missed about them?
There ain't shit. These fools are just lying. Don't forget "Disposable Heros" or "One." They've expressed their views on the military using their music in a negative way. This is from before the culture wars of 2015 began.
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Link?
Their whole schtick is being as unlikable as possible, not sure why anyone would be surprised.
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Cliff was great. And Lars kinda sucks. But
Lars accidentally invented speed thrash metal so
Give Lars a break man.
Edit: canonically, Lars was a mediocre drummer with a ton of common bad drummer habits. Notably he sped up a lot when he was excited or nervous. Metallica, being a bunch of insecure alpha male bros refused to complain that it was too fast out of fear they’d be seen as ninnies by the others so they just went with it. Speed metal was born. Thrash metal. Whatever you wanna call it. It’s a fun story.
Every drummer I know thinks Lars sucks. But Lars has influenced every drummer I know more than they realize.
Lars did what now?
2 metalheads arguing about not just genre but origins of a genre?
I need some popcorn.
Apparently OP has never heard Motorhead or any of the NWOBHM bands.
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Isn't the US govt exempt from copyright or is it just congress?
Works created by the U.S. government do not benefit from copyright protection.
I don't believe either the government in general or congress in specific have the blanket ability to ignore copyrights held by others.
This is because works created by the government used tax money to pay for it; meaning it belongs to everyone who pays taxes. This is why american video games don't need special permission to use US military hardware names or depictions, but would have to pay royalties for using brands like Winchester, H&K, or Fabrique Nationale.
That's stuff created by the government however there are also fair use provisions carved out for the government. I've had military guys claim the govt has complete fair use which I doubt.
I know congress can ignore copyright for debate and argument. So a member of congress pass around copies of material to other members of congress regardless of copyright.
I'm also pretty sure the government can't legally start streaming all the Disney movies to federal employees without permission. I'm not sure where the line between these twoexamples is however.
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who gives a shit, I will sic the fashion police on the government
I’m guessing this is about money, I can’t picture Metallica and James Hetfield being against Trump.
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Good to know Lars is still a piece of shit and Metallica isn't worth listening to.
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Anyone played the star spangled banner backwards, just in case?
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