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July 11, 2000.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on intellectual property.

Normally, a pretty state affair that draws the usual suspects like lobbyists and trade

reps.

And they're there, but so are some of the biggest names in music.

Th wrongs of teenagers and 20-somethings line up early to get a glimpse of Metallica's

heavy metal drummer, Lars Ulrich, who along with rapper Dr. Dre, have become the faces

of the record industry's charge against Napster.

Also, there's the Eagles Don Henley and Alanis Morissette.

This hearing is becoming not only a debate over copyright infringement, it's also a public

hearing of artist's grievances against both Napster and the labels.

When Ulrich speaks, he takes direct aim at Napster.

If you're not fortunate enough to own a computer, there's only one way to assemble a music

collection, the equivalent of a Napster user, theft.

Walk into a record store, grab what you want, and walk out.

The difference is that the familiar phrase, Files Done, is now replaced by another familiar

phrase, Your Under Rest.

In the other corner is singer Alanis Morissette, who tells senators because of the way label

structure contracts, artists rarely see royalties beyond their initial advance.

Napster, she argues, can change that.

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