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00: The most epic battle in music history

Spotify: A Product Story

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The Back Alley Brawl

20 years ago metallica released an unreleased song called i disappear. It was played on 20 or 30 radio stations in the U.S., prompting a legal battle with Napster. The internet music company accused metallica of copyright infringements, unlawful use of digital audio interface device and violations of the racketeering influenced and corrupt organizations act. They sought a hundred thousand dollars per illegally down loaded song in damages. But when they opened up the ap every single band user, all 335000 of them, saw a pop up window that simply said, by metallica.

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