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Recording Industry Association of America president Hilary Rosen was the most prominent Napster critic, demonstrating the powerful program for alarmed label executives and pushing for a lawsuit. Behind her is the group’s lead attorney in the case, Russell Frackman. (AP/Wide World Photos.)

Napster supporters rally outside the company’s first California office in San Mateo in May 2000 as Metallica delivered thirteen boxes with the names of Napster users who were offering Metallica songs over the system. The banner refers to the record-industry trade group and the Metallica album Master of Puppets.

Metallica drummer and spokesman Lars Ulrich on the same day. The San Francisco band’s lawsuit against Napster earned it attacks on its website and charges that it had become a stooge for the big corporations that reap most of the profit from music sales. (AP/Wide World Photos.)

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