Napster’s ‘No’ to Rage Fans: “Rage Against the Machine fans — some of whom just days prior had read guitarist Tom Morello’s
pro-Napster stance in a variety of interviews promoting Renegades — were surprised Wednesday to find
they were blocked from the file-sharing service after downloading tracks from the band’s latest album.

The Rage fans were redirected to a Web page that alleged copyright infringement necessitated the
action, as requested by the copyright holder, in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
(DMCA). Rage were equally surprised, since they had not requested this action, nor were they consulted
by their label or management that this would be done…

Napster, in compliance with the DMCA, is required to block users when identified by copyrights holders, as they did in May with over
300,000 Metallica fans when the band submitted a list of alleged copyright infringers. Since October, when singer Zack de la Rocha left
the band, Rage has shared the same management team as Metallica…”