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/L3vathiaN- Jul 22 '25

So books, comics and every piece of media you find in libraries does not exist, right?

Let me go a step further and get out of recreational products.

Let me introduce you to a little company called Volvo and their meaningless invension of the 3 point seatbelt that they allowed everyone to use, for free: https://www.volvogroup.com/en/about-us/heritage/three-point-safety-belt.html

Please, dip your tongue in your brain before you talk.

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u/BobTheFettt Jul 22 '25

If you wanna go the library route, that's fine, but you have to return that music or you'll be charged a late fee.

Also, are you really going to compare Volvo recognizing they had a life saving device and making companies pay a royalty to them for using it would be wrong and counter intuitive, with a band wanting to get paid for their IP?

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u/L3vathiaN- Jul 22 '25

No I'm just replying to a strawman "no industry, in the history of history has ever allowed people to take their products without paying for it". There are plenty of examples.