Metallica Sends More Names to
Napster
This time they did it quietly. When asked a
few days ago in a San Francisco comedy club
about Metallica's next step in their war with
Napster, guitarist Kirk Hammett said, "We're
about to deliver another bunch of names to
them." Sure enough, on Thursday, lawyers for
Metallica sent over -- by computer this time
and with no press release or conference --
another 332,293 names, monitored over a
one-week period.
"The 332,293 distinct users represent 2.2
million copyright violations," said Gayle Fine,
spokeswoman for the band's management
company, Q Prime. Asked why there was no
hoopla surrounding the second delivery of the
names, Fine said, "Because we're just trying
to get the job done."
According to Fine, Napster has not responded
to the new batch of names. Asked if the
crusade to stop the copyright violations has
been effective, Fine said that of the 317,000
names submitted the first time, only about
30,000 have sent "counter notifications"
contesting the blockage. "So that's about a
ninety percent success rate," she said. "We
consider that a success."
JANE GANAHL
(May 20, 2000)
