Photo: AP, May 3, 2000
The MP3 War
Lars Ulrich, drummer in the band Metallica, speaks to the media outside of the offices of Napster in San Mateo, Calif. In the battle over trading music online, the heavy-metal group gathered the names of more than 317,000 Internet users it says are illegally sharing its songs. In July Ulrich testified on Capitol Hill that file swapping of music is theft - not a boon to music lovers and the industry.