>> we started this thing called exmetallicafans.org. we're asking the community to completely ban and boycott metallica. >> i'm glad you're an ex-metallica fan because i don't want you to be a fan of ours if that's your attitude. and i can't speak to the other bands but i embraced file sharing. >> if you have napster, please. >> our band was plucked out of obscurity and given a career because of napster. ♪ ♪ is anyone anywhere making out ♪ >> so suddenly i had a platform for sharing my music, to the frustration of a label i was on. >> napster has built a multimillion-dollar business based on people copying files to millions and millions of people they don't know. >> there's a way the technology can be adapted to the benefit of all of the parties involved, the artists, the industry, and the users. >> napster should have been an early version of itunes. it's kind of a tragedy it didn't happen back then. >> today the u.s. court of appeals ruled napster is