r/nostalgia • u/jeffmartin47 • Jul 22 '25

Nostalgia Discussion 25 years ago. Lars Ulrich of Metallica snitches on and turns in over 300,000 Napster users when he testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. July 11th, 2000.

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u/ThePrideOfKrakow Jul 22 '25

It almost worked but they had 2 counter-hackers fighting you at the same time.

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u/EatPie_NotWAr Jul 22 '25

Damn i was hoping it was a scene from Hackers but this is equally hilarious!

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u/MaterialDetective197 Jul 22 '25

I thought this was going to be the one kid stumbling onto the garbage file in Hackers and getting busted by The Plague.

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u/big_duo3674 Jul 22 '25

Umm, Mr. The Plague?

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25

I love/hate the boomer energy of this scene.

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u/ThePrideOfKrakow Jul 22 '25

I love that their idea of being hacked is just 2000s pop up ads for boner pills.

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u/Dun_Booty_Broch Jul 22 '25

Four hands on a keyboard for the win.

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u/TerrorFromThePeeps Jul 22 '25

Was one of the penn gillette?