Metallica changes file-sharing tune

[JackSpratts]

Jam

Three years after suing Napster, Metallica is offering songs from its new album exclusively on the Internet.

The heavy metal band, whose first album in six years is scheduled for release Thursday, is making some tracks available online as well through a partnership with Speakeasy, the Seattle-based high-speed Internet access provider said.

Customers who buy Metallica's new compact disc, "St. Anger," will find a code inside the packaging allowing them to view, listen to and download exclusive, unreleased music tracks from a Metallica Web site.

Speakeasy will host and manage the Web site and music offerings. The company didn't disclose terms of the deal in its announcement Tuesday.

The arrangement is a show of confidence from Metallica, which in 2000 sued Napster, the now-defunct music file swapping service, alleging copyright infringement and racketeering.

"We've always wanted our fans to experience our music online," drummer Lars Ulrich said. "But up until now, the existing distribution methods have not passed the kind of 'quality' standards our fans have come to expect from us."

http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusic/jun3_metallica-ap.html

[TankGirl]

Originally posted by JackSpratts
"We've always wanted our fans to experience our music online," drummer Lars Ulrich said. "But up until now, the existing distribution methods have not passed the kind of 'quality' standards our fans have come to expect from us."

Muahaaa... sure, Lars!

- tg

[dingdongding]

nice article- the one i found earlier was so generic all it basically said was that elektra was moving up the release date of the album because of lesser quality versions out there lol

that's what i get from yahoo i guess!http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...music_eo/11904

[JackSpratts]

Originally posted by TankGirl
Muahaaa... sure, Lars!

- tg

my thoughts exactly.

- js.

[Fantom]

Originally posted by JackSpratts

"We've always wanted our fans to experience our music online," drummer Lars Ulrich said. "But up until now, the existing distribution methods have not passed the kind of 'quality' standards our fans have come to expect from us."

I gotta admit, the new distibution methods aren't half bad

Title    .::St.Anger                                                    ░
 ░    Artiste  .::Metallica                                                   ░
 ░    Source   .::CDDA                        Ripper   .::T.K.                ░
 ▒    Genre    .::Metal                       Date     .::06/03/2003          ▒
 ▒    Label    .::n/a                         Tracks   .::11                  ▒
 ▓   Quality   .::192kbps 44,1kHz / Full Stereo                               ▓
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 ░               A L B U M   T R A C K L i S T   &   i N F O S                ░
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 .       NR. TRACK                                           TiME             .
 .                                                                            .
 .       01  Frantic                                         05:50            .
 .       02  St Anger                                        07:21            .
 .       03  Some Kind Of Monster                            08:25            .
 .       04  Dirty Window                                    05:25            .
 .       05  Invisible Kid                                   08:30            .
 .       06  My World                                        05:45            .
 .       07  Shoot Me Again                                  07:10            .
 .       08  Sweet Amber                                     05:27            .
 .       09  The Unnamed Feeling                             07:09            .
 .       10  Purify                                          05:14            .
 .       11  All Within My Hands                             08:48