Ladies and Gentlemen Lars Ulrich Must Be Stopped at all costs, and I propose that we form a team the likes of which has never been seen before. Truly a Band of Extraordinary Gentlemen to stop him.

On drums, we'll have Eric Singer, formerly of Kiss. On Bass, Jason Newstead, formerly of Metallica. On Electric Guitar, the Immortal Keith Richards...and on vocals and secondary bass, the only man more litigious than Lars....Gene Simmons.

Seriously though, suing over the continued use of two chords in sequence? Does that mean that we have to trace every blues riff back to the source and pay the person who first came up with them?

If I play an E, F sequence does that mean I'm copying Metallica? Even if I am, what of it? Can you point to where it is one particular song that they are mimicking? Copying of styles is what the music industry and all other artistic media are based on. You take bits of influences, add your own twists and there you go.

I think that if this goes through, Eddie Vedder should sue every singer that vaguely sounds like him. Look out Scott Weiland, Scott Sapp and all you other growly bastards, you better hope that a precedent isn't set here.

Does this mean that anyone who has ever copied an art style should have to pay royalties?

Ladies and Gentlemen he must be stopped.