Metallica sued Napster for copyright infringement
In 2000, Metallica sued Napster, then a file-sharing software company – primarily for music – for copyright infringement. They demanded that the company remove the band's entire catalog, and also requested that users who had downloaded their music, approximately 330,000 members, be banned from the platform.
In an interview with the Swedish program Nyhetsmorgon , guitarist Kirk Hammett spoke about the matter: “The whole Napster thing – it didn’t do us any favors,” he said. “But you know what? We’re still right about it – we’re still right about Napster, no matter who’s out there saying ‘Metallica was wrong.’ All you have to do is look at the state of the music industry, and that explains the whole situation.”
