11:35 am PST 2/20/2021
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Ryan Parker
Among the laughter, fans pointed out that the band was one of the most outspoken when it came to creating music streaming laws.
Twitch users were nervous on Friday night, when the game’s live streaming service channel placed boring music about Metallica at the BlizzCon show.
The iconic band was part of the opening ceremony of the annual gaming convention held by Blizzard Entertainment.
And just as James Hetfield and his gang started stirring up their classic, “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, Twitch played a generic and boring (free) song to avoid an order to withdraw from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. It seems that only the Twitch games replaced music.
The moment was enough for viewers to be hysterical, the incident trending on Twitter on Saturday morning. The event, dubbed “BlizzConline”, was broadcast this year due to the pandemic.
Amid the laughter, fans pointed out that the band was one of the most outspoken people when it came to creating music streaming laws, suing Napster in 2000.
Last year, guitarist Kirk Hammett said the band’s battle with streaming was, in retrospect, a lost cause.
“We didn’t make a difference – we didn’t make a difference,” Hammett told Dean Delray on Let’s talk podcast. “It happened and we couldn’t stop it – because it was just bigger than any of us, this trend that happened that sank the music industry shit. There was no way we could stop it … What happened was suddenly, it was just more convenient get music and it was less convenient to pay for it, and there you go. “