But didn't he- HUH?
I remember a program that came out on the internet when I was in high school. It had a kitty for a mascot and a silly name, and it let me download just about any song I could possibly want. Then a well known metal band stepped in and spearheaded (well, threw the spear, really) the effort to shut them down. If I recall, the issue was over who gets to distribute music and how artists get re-imbursed, etc etc etc. Now, Lars Ulrich has stopped Sony Music from clobbering Beatallica off the 'net:

The band known for tunes such as "I Want to Choke Your Band" and "Leper Madonna" reached out to Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich. Thanks to his efforts, Beatallica will soon be back online, and the legal debacle over. Ulrich volunteered to provide assistance with legal negotiations for Beatallica, and asked Metallica's longtime attorney Peter Paterno to try and defuse the situation with Sony on behalf of the dudes from Milwaukee. And now, Sony has agreed to drop the case.

Let me see if I get this straight: downloading Metallica songs, bad, but downloading Metallica songs that have been mixed up with the Beatles, good.

That didn't quite make sense when I first read it and struck me as rather two-faced, but I can see the distinction now. The "copyright infringement" of Napster consisted of sending out Metallica tracks as they would be gotten straight off the CD, whereas Beatallica are really no different than any other cover/parody band. (The singer even does a decent James Hetfield impression.) It's encouraging to see that major label artists don't have their heads totally up their asses when it comes to culture and copyright. I just wish they would go the extra step and see that online music sharing doesn't have to be a problem.  ¶ 3:43 p.m.