"It is therefore sickening to know that our art is being traded like a commodity rather than the art that it is." - Lars Ulrich, Metallica Drummer

[Frederic Madre]

PayLars.com is owned and operated by August Nelson, Inc. August Nelson is=
 not affiliated in any way with Metallica or their record labels, music=
 publishers, management companies or agents. We are not affiliated in any=
 way with Napster, Indiana University, the University of Southern California=
 or Yale University. We are not affiliated in any way with the RIAA or any=
 other industry organization.=20

We are acting strictly of our own accord, to collect money from fans of=
 Metallica who may feel bad that the band feels it has lost revenue to=
 illegal trading of MP3 files. We will costs of doing business such as=
 hosting and credit card fees, to Metallica or their designated agent(s),=
 who will disburse the monies at their own discretion. August Nelson is not=
 making any profit from running the PayLars.com website.

When you make a donation to Metallica via PayLars.com, you will not receive=
 a CD or MP3 or any other representation or access to any music. We are not=
 selling anything, you are simply making a donation to Metallica in the name=
 of the song(s) and album(s) you choose, to offset the revenue loss they=
 feel has resulted from widespread trading of their copyrighted music in MP3=
 format on Napster and other file sharing services. Making a donation in the=
 name of a particular song or album is not an admission of guilt; it also=
 does not absolve you of future liabilities should Metallica make good on=
 its threat to identify and sue individual copyright infringers and you are=
 subsequently named as a defendant in that suit should it materialize. Most=
 importantly, making a donation via the PayLars.com website to Metallica=
 does not give you permission to engage in any copying or trading activity.=
 Making and distributing unauthorized copies of copyrighted works without=
 consent of the copyright owner is a violation of the law. But remember,=
 fair use statutes do give individuals the right to copy music for their own=
 personal use.

We protect your privacy by storing absolutely no data about you whatsoever.=
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Donations to Metallica via the PayLars.com website are not tax deductible.
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