The guys it into the history of online music, the kids who broke the record industry and the band who became the face of shutting it all down.

 

SHOW NOTES:

The book "The Year That Broke America" - https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-year-that-broke-america-andrew-rice

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica_v._Napster,_Inc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Fanning

https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-parker-life-career-napster-facebook-billionaire-pictures-2020-3

The 2000 Time magazine article about Napster: https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,998068,00.html

https://museumofportablesound.com/mp325-2/

https://www.kerrang.com/metallica-vs-napster-the-lawsuit-that-redefined-how-we-listen-to-music

The Alex Winter documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSZqkn9hT5w

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/24/napster-music-free-file-sharing

https://fortune.com/2013/09/05/ashes-to-ashes-peer-to-peer-an-oral-history-of-napster/

Lars in front of the senate judiciary committee - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzGk0xY5Vh0

https://www.mtv.com/news/4rzogn/dr-dre-sues-napster

https://blabbermouth.net/news/lars-ulrich-admits-delivering-names-of-napster-users-was-maybe-not-the-smartest-pr-move-of-all-time

Chuck D and Lars on Charlie Rose: https://youtu.be/1OIqtHBbDWA

https://www.mtv.com/news/k625y4/napster-to-sponsor-free-tour-by-limp-bizkit-cypress-hill

The Wired article: https://www.wired.com/2000/04/giving-it-back-to-metallica/

2020 SPIN article: https://www.spin.com/2020/04/revisiting-the-lessons-of-metallicas-napster-lawsuit-in-the-era-of-coronavirus/

The Bandsplaining video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUm6no5MXYA

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=113924&page=1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2002/09/04/judge-blocks-napsters-sale-to-bertelsmann/c8d1ec76-c151-46dc-8b35-809d74f846aa/