Metallica remains calm over 'Magnetic' leaks
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ULRICH On 'Death Magnetic' Leak 10 Days Before Release: 'By 2008 Standards, That's A Victory'
Published 9/11/2008 at BLABBERMOUTH.NET Latest News
METALLICA 's new album, "Death Magnetic" , started circulating illegally online last week after a French record store mistakenly began selling copies. "By 2008 standards, that's a victory," drummer Lars Ulrich told USA Today . "If you'd told me six months ago that our record wouldn't leak until 10 days out, I would have signed up for that. We made a great record, and people seem to be getting off on it way more than anyone expected." Regarding the band's costly Napster battle in 2000 after an incomplete version of "I Disappear" hit the Internet before its authorized ...
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Published 9/11/2008 at Coolfer
... Although his band has come to grips with the Internet's uncontrollable nature, Metallica's James Hetfield said people who download a pirated album and are not even fans have a "personality defect." (USA Today) ...

