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July 25, 2006

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Welcome to the 21st century, Metallica

Authored by Scott Silverman at 10:38 AM
Category | Music » iTMS
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MetallicaMetallica, one of the biggest named bands to hold out on digital downloading their music, has finally given in on this Tuesday, July 25th. Their music catalog can now be downloaded from the iTMS. As one of the first bands to start the uprising against Napster and the P2P revolution, Metallica has claimed:

Over the last year or so, we have seen an ever-growing number of Metallica fans using online sites like iTunes to get their music.

Oh, and by the way, the iTunes Music Stores in the U.S. and Canada are the only ones that will be offering Metallica…we didn’t want our fans in North America to have to wait any longer while our overseas record company tries to get their **** together!

Yes, that’s right, the delay in getting Metallica’s music online must be entirely the fault of the record companies. The fact that the band has vocally spoken out against digital downloads must have nothing to do with any delay.

Anyways, hope Metallica fans enjoy their new found glory.


Comments

There are still people boycotting Metallica. They have chosen to be RIAA poster child, they still live consequences of it.

I know some people would legally buy/download everything and pirate Metallica just for that reason.

Posted by: Ilgaz [TypeKey Profile Page] | July 25, 2006 01:55 PM

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