Thousands of Napster fans appeal Metallica ban

 

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Napster fans aren't sitting idly by and letting the music industry push them around. In response to Metallica's lawsuit and subsequent ban on hundreds of thousands of listeners, fans filed an appeal. The next move is anyone's guess, but it could result in a serious showdown between the two camps.

Napster says 30,000 Metallica fans appeal ban Music-swapping software company Napster says more than 30,000 of the Metallica fans banned from its service last week for allegedly trading the band's copyrighted songs online have appealed the move, saying they didn't do anything illegal. College students willing to pay Napster fees Seventy-three percent of college students surveyed by research firm Webnoize say they use Napster's controversial song-swap software at least once a month. Is Napster's Metallica ban weakening? A few tech-savvy subscribers figure out a way around Metallica's ban and are posting instructions for the others on Napster's online bulletin boards.