Lars Ultrash was the most publicly outspoken and often quoted in the Record Companies PR propaganda push for the DMCA and against Napster. He came off like a greedy removed at the time, and created the perceptions of Metallica as a cash grab sell out band more than they already were being seen as by long time fans.
It’s a bit like if Metallica had just embraced Napster
It was Scorpions that went after Napster, no?
It was primarily Metallica.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica_v._Napster,_Inc.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LeKX2bNP7QM
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Lars Ultrash was the most publicly outspoken and often quoted in the Record Companies PR propaganda push for the DMCA and against Napster. He came off like a greedy removed at the time, and created the perceptions of Metallica as a cash grab sell out band more than they already were being seen as by long time fans.