Multiple choice general knowledge

Metallica had filed a lawsuit against which of the following P2P file sharing network?

  1. limewire

  2. napster

  3. azureus

  4. kazaa
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Explanation

Metallica famously filed a lawsuit against Napster in 2000 over copyright infringement, becoming one of the most high-profile cases in the digital music piracy era. The lawsuit specifically targeted Napster's peer-to-peer file-sharing service which allowed users to exchange MP3 files freely. The other options (LimeWire, Azureus, Kazaa) were also P2P networks but Metallica's legal action was specifically against Napster.

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