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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent

Metallica hit iTunes, world shrugs

Digital naysayers Metallica have finally decided to bite the bullet and put their music up at iTunes. This won't make much difference to most surfers who refuse to dabble with a bit of classic heavy metal... but it is likely to irritate IT journalists who use Metallica as their favourite poster boys for the luddite end of the music industry. Why, it was only last week that I used this hoary old standard myself. Dang!

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