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"Metallica \u2014 which made a name for itself last decade for vociferously opposing digital music piracy \u2014 has now put its entire catalog on Spotify, the band announced today at a Spotify event in New York City.\nLars Ulrich, the founding member of Metallica who was most outspoken against \"file sharing\" services, made the announcement. Ulrich even shared the stage with Sean Parker, one of Spotify's chief backers who, along with Shawn Fanning, founded Napster, the long-dead music service that was the target of much of Ulrich's ire. The two former opponents were joined by Spotify CES Daniel Ek.\nBack in 2000, Ulrich filed a copyright-infringement lawsuit against Napster, which was eventually settled, resulting in many users getting kicked off the service. Ulrich also testified in front of the U.S. Congress, condemning the entire practice of sharing music online\nIt appears he's now convinced that digital music services have matured to the point where he's comfortable offering Metallica's music free to Spotify users (the band's catalog is already available for download a la carte on iTunes and other services), and is willing to let bygones be bygones with Parker. \nUsers of Spotify can now listen to any Metallica song from the band's 30-year history on their PCs. The service requires a monthly subscription to listen on mobile devices, which also lets users listen to music without ads.\nAre you excited that Metallica's music is now on Spotify? Let us know in the comments.\nPhoto by Mashable"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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