I read that it was soley Lars Ulrich who took care of this dispute, this was while James was in rehab, Jason was gone, Rob wasn't there yet and Kirk didn't take part. Only few fans were actually sued. I know not if there actually were any. They just got banned from Napster and Napster itself got a kick in the ass from Lars and other bands in that dispute. this was in 2001/2002 though. We all know Lars lurves deh munneh. I don't know much on this, I'm more into Dio and W.A.S.P. Than Metallica.