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What was the fallout from Metallica and Napster? Did it actually change anything? Or just spawn different sides of the same coin? (lemmy.world)
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[–] Steve@communick.news 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Not a historian, just a concerned bystander at the time.

As I recall, it was one more nail in Napster's coffin.
It had absolutely no effect on filesharing or the industry.
It did cost them some fans for a time. Probably not many and not forever.
In short, nothing much. It was kind of a waste of time for everyone involved who wasn't a lawyer.

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 days ago

It did cost them some fans for a time.

I have not purchased a Metallica album since.

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 2 points 5 days ago

The fans they lost over ths never came back, for the most part