History WebAnimation / NapsterBad

First, a little history. In 2000, Music/{{Metallica}} sued the peer-to-peer service Napster, devoted specifically to sharing UsefulNotes/MP3 files, for [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil having Metallica songs freely available on their network]]. The lawsuit ended up forcing Napster to ban hundreds of thousands of users, and eventually resulted in the Napster company going bankrupt.

* [[http://www.snarkrocket.com/blog-archives/2006/05/napster_bad_metallica_milliona.html Metallica Millionaire]] (July 2000) -- James Hetfield stars in ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', and his usual DumbMuscle depiction is taken UpToEleven.

* [[http://www.snarkrocket.com/blog-archives/2006/05/napster_bad_sue_all_the_world.html Sue All The World]] (July 2000) -- Celebrities opposed to MP3 sharing gather to perform a CharityMotivationSong.

A series of humorous Flash-animated shorts, produced in the years 2000-2001 by Bob Cesca from a group then known as [[http://www.snarkrocket.com/ Camp Chaos]], satirizing Metallica and their MP3 sharing crackdown.

** This one's also a case of DudeNotFunny due to it also being a reference to the 1992 pyrotechnics accident that resulted in Hetfield being quite badly burned.

First, a little history. In 2000, Music/{{Metallica}} sued the peer-to-peer service Napster, devoted specifically to sharing MP3 files, for [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil having Metallica songs freely available on their network]]. The lawsuit ended up forcing Napster to ban hundreds of thousands of users, and eventually resulted in the Napster company going bankrupt.

The ''Napster Bad'' series caricatures Metallica--specifically, Lars Ulrich (mispronounced as ul-[[{{Greed}} RICH]]) and James Hetfield--as a group of greedy primitives, upset about their fans giving them slightly smaller oodles of money than usual due to Napster. Other music celebrities, such as DrDre and Music/SherylCrow, also get a lot of flak.

* [[http://www.snarkrocket.com/blog-archives/2006/05/napster_bad_metallica_milliona.html Metallica Millionaire]] (July 2000) -- James Hetfield stars in ''WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', and his usual DumbMuscle depiction is taken UpToEleven.

The ''Napster Bad'' series caricatures Metallica--specifically, Lars Ulrich (mispronounced as ul-[[{{Greed}} RICH]]) and James Hetfield--as a group of greedy primitives, upset about their fans giving them slightly smaller oodles of money than usual due to Napster. Other music celebrities, such as DrDre and SherylCrow, also get a lot of flak.

* SceneryCensor: Lars's bodily details are covered up with foam throghout "Napster Dead?"
* ShoutOut: Hetfield's line "[[{{Frankenstein}} FIRE BAD!]]"

First, a little history. In 2000, {{Metallica}} sued the peer-to-peer service Napster, devoted specifically to sharing MP3 files, for [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil having Metallica songs freely available on their network]]. The lawsuit ended up forcing Napster to ban hundreds of thousands of users, and eventually resulted in the Napster company going bankrupt.

** This one's also a case of DudeNotFunny due to it also being a reference to the 1992 pyrotechnics accident that resulted in him being quite badly burned.

** This one's also a case of DudeNotFunny due to it being a reference to the 1992 pyrotechnics accident that resulted in him being quite badly burned.

* CannedLaughter: Throughout "Metallica Millionaire".

* [[http://www.snarkrocket.com/blog-archives/2006/05/napster_bad_metallicops.html Metallicops]] (June 2000) -- A {{pastiche}} of ''{{COPS}}'', with Lars and James apprehending a music pirate in his house.

* RapeAsComedy: "Good or Goblin?", though it's just audible and [[RelaxOVision not visible]].

* ClusterFBomb

* EarWorm: The tune by Tim Panella that opens and closes the first short.

* {{Greed}}

* OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope: The original Flash version of the "Napster Bad" short opens with a disclaimer to save the authors from Metallica's legal wrath (the disclaimer is cut from the video version on the production team's current wesite though).