Metallica vs Napster, Pt. 2 - 2011

<p>Listen to Part 1 and the original audio source from Spotify here: <a href="https://share.transistor.fm/s/5badde12">https://share.transistor.fm/s/5badde12</a></p><p><strong>Gustav Soderstrom: </strong>[00:00:00] So nearly a decade after Napster shut down, Lars Ulrich got another unexpected call from his manager cliff. We </p><p><strong>Lars Ulrich: </strong>[00:00:05] got a call from cliff again, saying that Sean Parker wanted to talk </p><p>to </p><p><strong>Gustav Soderstrom: </strong>[00:00:10] us.</p><p>I'll let Sean and Lars tell the rest of the story from </p><p><strong>Lars Ulrich: </strong>[00:00:13] here. </p><p><strong>Sean Parker: </strong>[00:00:14] So I finally was able to a meeting and they said we want you to come up.</p><p>We want to meet on our turf, come to our studio up North of San Francisco, where they've been operating for decades.  I was very nervous. They said, come alone. Don't bring an assistant. Don't bring anyone, come by yourself, </p><p><strong>Lars Ulrich: </strong>[00:00:33] Cliff encouraged him to come alone. And,  he showed up at HQ in San Rafael and, came in and was brave walked in through the door.</p><p>And there were the fourth members of Metallica. </p><p><strong>Sean Parker: </strong>[00:00:43] I'm walking into this room full of people who I've been in litigation with, and I've never met and they've never met me.  And I'm way out numbered. Like  I don't know what I'm walking into, , is this some sort of, am I going to regret?</p><p>I was sweating profusely, it wasn't even that hot. It was just like a normal. Cool day in San Francisco. And I just remember feeling like clammy and just thinking I'm like, what am I, what have I gotten myself into? Because this has all become very real now, </p><p><strong>Lars Ulrich: </strong>[00:01:14] obviously.</p><p>None of us are assholes. None of us are nasty people. Hi, how are you? Come on in. Nice to see you. Would you like a beverage? Like some cheese, some coffee, whatever. We're trying to make him feel comfortable and obv