Fans find it hard to forgive Metallica
Like elephants, rock fans don't forget. In May 2000, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich personally delivered to the U.S. Senate judiciary committee a 60,000-page printout of Napster users who'd downloaded his bands' songs, resulting in the banning of more than 300,000 users from the service and ultimately, Napster's demise.
Eight years later, the heavy metal act is ready to jump on the digital bandwagon, but music fans don't seem to be making things easy for them.
The quartet has launched an online fan program called Mission: Metallica, which offers fans all sorts of goodies, including the ability to hear new tracks from its upcoming album, set for release this fall.
