OUT OF TUNE: HOW RECORD COMPANIES INDUCE PANIC ABOUT MUSIC PIRACY TO INCREASE THEIR PROFITS AND EXPLOIT ARTISTS

FROM INQUIRY MAGAZINE, FALL 2015. On May 2, 2000, Lars Ulrich, drummer for the band Metallica, announced that his group was suing Napster, a free file-sharing service that let fans download music online. During the press conference outside Napster’s headquarters, Ulrich presented the company with a giant stack of papers listing the names of 300,000 Napster users. His…Continue Reading OUT OF TUNE: HOW RECORD COMPANIES INDUCE PANIC ABOUT MUSIC PIRACY TO INCREASE THEIR PROFITS AND EXPLOIT ARTISTS