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Big Music's Best Tool Against Napster - DVD
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Thu, 2001-02-15 08:20
It's not all that ironic that the greatest tool for the music industry to neutralize Napster and its clones is not the courts or the legislature, but technological progress and good old competition (that includes recognizing that bandwidth can be a tool in their favor and utilizing it). It doesn't matter if Napster lives or dies, songs will continue to be traded, but it is conceivable that soon the songs available on P2P services may not include the most recent releases because they will be unavailable in CD.
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Napster: Not Dead Yet
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Wed, 2001-02-14 09:11
Saw this over at SNN
The Ninth U.S. District Court of appeals granted a stay of execution to Napster yesterday, granting an injunction to the plaintiffs, but referring the matter to a lower court for further review and clarification. Practically speaking, this means that Napster isn't dead yet, but it looks grim. Recording artists -- you know, the folks who actually make the music -- appear split. Chuck D. preaches power to the people, while Eminem just wants to get paid.
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Napster Vows to Fight
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Wed, 2001-02-14 08:48
Hours after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said an injunction against Napster was "not only warranted but required,'' Napster has vowed to challenge the ruling that sets the stage for a lower court to shut the file trading service down.
mp3newswire.net.
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EMusic Stock Soars on Napster Ruling
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Tue, 2001-02-13 10:45
By the end of the trading day, struggling EMusic got a huge boost from Napter's bad news. With the ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that Napster must stop trading in copyrighted material, EMusic's stock literally shot through the roof. Read all about it here.
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Napster injunction upheld
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Tue, 2001-02-13 08:29
The ruling coming from the 9th circuit court of appeals is that the injunction against
Napsters service is stayed. The court sent the ruling back to U.S. District Court Judge
Marilyn Hall Patel to make clarifications and adjustments to the original injunction. The
courts ruling also said Napster is guilty of contributory copyright infringement and Judge
Patels injunction is upheld. Napster is scheduled to hold a press conference at 11:30 PST.
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