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• ASCAP open to deal with Napster - The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, which administers performance royalties for songwriters, has said it remains willing and ready to issue a license for performances of its copyright music to song-swapping service Napster. [News.com]
• BMG says it discussed business models with Napster - BMG Entertainment, one of five big record labels suing Napster for copyright infringement, today said it proposed various business models to the song-swapping service, contrary to Napster's claims of the opposite. [News.com]
• Band posts songs as apology for Napster ban - Hard rock band Rage Against The Machine is offering an olive branch to fans angry about being booted from Napster last week, posting a long list of otherwise unavailable songs and videos to its Web site. [News.com]
• Band rages against Napster ban of fans - Another round of music fans has been banned from Napster's music-swapping service for trading copyrighted music - but this time, the band involved appears to be as angry as the fans. [News.com]
• Bertelsmann attempts to sell Napster deal to labels - German media giant Bertelsmann said Monday it has begun talks with other music majors on a business model for its song-swap partner Napster and is hopeful they will join the alliance. [News.com]
• Bertelsmann may list Napster - Bertelsmann may sell shares in online song-sharing service Napster after turning it into a legitimate business, according to published reports. [News.com]
• Big Blue touts new Napster-proof music locks - IBM releases a new version of its anti-piracy technology for music that it says could help block song traders who use services such as Napster or Gnutella. [News.com]
• Can Napster and Bertelsmann make sweet music together? - Can Napster continue to exist as before with the recent merging with Bertelsmann? [News.com]
• Chris de Burgh and Napster - Popular in Europe, Canada, and South Africa with 19 albums, Chris de Burgh is unknown in the US. Maybe Napster can change that. [TheBee.com]
• College students willing to pay Napster fees - Over 70% of college students said they use Napster at least once a month. [News.com]
• Colleges spurn Metallica request to ban Napster - At least three renowned universities have decided against banning the use of the popular Napster digital music file-swapping software on their college campuses. [News.com]
• Computerworld: Focus on Napster - Complete coverage of issues surrounding file-sharing of MP3 music on Napster.
• Court adjourns without decision in Napster case - A panel of appellate judges harshly grilled lawyers for both Napster and the recording industry before adjourning without a decision today in the latest round of a closely watched legal clash that pits the Internet against copyright laws. [News.com]
• Court grants stay of Napster injunction - Nine hours before it would have been forced to shut down its music-swapping service, Napster has won a temporary reprieve. [News.com]
• Court order creates new fans for Napster - Napster's Internet traffic rose 92 percent last week as a federal judge threatened to shut down the music-swapping service for copyright violations. [News.com]
• Court sets date to tune in to Napster case - A federal appeals court today said it would hear oral arguments in the Napster case the first week of October. [News.com]
• Courts set rhythm for online music - Year in Review: In a crowded San Francisco courtroom last July, Napster chief executive Hank Barry listened in dismay as a judge pronounced sentence on his vision of digital music's future. [News.com]
• Dave Matthews Band releases single on Napster - The popular group releases a single on Napster in what is the first official promotion by a BMG Entertainment-backed act to tap the controversial file-swapping service. [News.com]
• Don't Close Napster - Site arguing to keep Napster alive. Also contains news, message board, and information for banned users.
• EMusic software to block Napster members - After failing to reach an agreement with Napster, EMusic on Tuesday unveiled software that identifies and blocks songs being shared by people using the controversial music-swapping service. Includes video footage. [News.com]
• EMusic, Napster in talks for possible collaboration - Online music company EMusic opened discussions last week with Napster, about possible co-marketing and other collaborations. [News.com]
• Fans undaunted by Napster constraints - Although they're quick to defend the music file-swapping service, fans seem to have little loyalty to Napster as it battles the courts. [News.com]
• Feds disagree about Napster controversy - The legal fight over music-swapping start-up Napster has divided Washington, pitting at least one powerful legislator against the Clinton administration. [News.com]
• For the Love of Napster - Report on the Wired's Readers Raves awards ceremony, including Napster receiving multiple awards. [News.com]
• Forget About Dre - Partial news article and part authors opinion about Dr. Dre and his lawsuit with Napster.
• Free web music not just a fad - Napster not just for college students: 42 percent of US Internet users who download free copies of songs are between the ages of 30 and 49, according to a study released yesterday. [SFGate.com]
• Glitch pauses downloads via Napster - Napster's Web site and music sharing service were unavailable for a few hours earlier today as a technical glitch interfered with music downloads via the hotly debated service. [News.com]
• Hacker smears Web sites with pro-Napster messages - A pseudonymous hacker has launched a Web graffiti spree, defacing Web sites ranging from NASA to the Communications Workers of America with a pro-Napster message. [News.com]
• How the Napster ban affects users - List of frequently asked questions for users about the order for Napster's shutdown. [News.com]
• Inside Napster - Detailed article delving into how the music-sharing phenom began, where it went wrong, and what happens next. [BusinessWeek Online]
• Is MP3.com and Napster Screwing Artists? - Suzanne Glass addresses indie musicians and bands with regard to the dilemmas presented by emerging digital music technologies. [Indie-Music.com]
• Judge expands on Napster shutdown order - Federal Judge Marilyn Hall Patel released the details of her decision ordering the company to close its digital doors. [News.com]
• Kid Rock Starves To Death: MP3 Piracy Blamed - The Onion take a tongue-in-cheek look at the controversy surrounding Napster's MP3 software and its effect on the recording industry.
• Legal experts see one course for Napster: litigation - Napster's appeal of a court-ordered shutdown has granted the company more time but little room to maneuver in its ongoing clash with the recording industry. [News.com]
• Listen Up: Napster Is Infringing - Napster's "New Artist Program", was recently redesigned to include a genre tree of music categories. Listen.com is now suing, because it thinks that the pages look too similar to information on its website. [Wired News]
• MP3 sites see ad revenue jump thanks to Napster - Napster may or may not be good for CD sales, but online music sites can thank the popular file-swapping service for a substantial surge in revenues last month, according to a new study scheduled for release tomorrow. [News.com]
• Metallica sends more names to Napster - Update on the heavy metal band's ongoing battle to protect copyrighted material from being downloaded through Napster. [RollingStone.com]
• Metallica's Napster Issues FAQ - Official Metallica site answers common questions regarding their lawsuit against Napster.
• Metallica's new album is Napster-proof - Metallica released their long awaited "Download This" CD, and the band declared it Napster-proof. [BBspot]
• Metallica, Dr. Dre urge colleges to cut Napster access - The attorney representing Metallica and rap star Dr. Dre in their lawsuits against Napster is sending a barrage of letters to top universities, pushing them to block students from using the popular file-swapping software. [News.com]
• Music in the Next Century - Public opinion essay providing reason why Napster-like technology will ultimately reign supreme, as well as an open forum for posting comments. [WakeAmerica]
• Musicians launch national anti-Napster campaign - An industry-backed group of musicians has launched a high-profile ad campaign against online music piracy, hoping to persuade fans not to use Napster and other similar Net tools. [News.com]
• Napster - The Experience - Explanation of the music sharing utility Napster and its now widespread popularity. [TheBee.com]
• Napster Being Banned On More Campuses, Study Says - With Napster heading to its appeals court battle with the record industry in October, a new study reports that it is becoming increasingly difficult for college and university students to access Napster's MP3-swapping service. [MTV Asia]
• Napster Forums - Official Napster forums where users can voice their opinions about the lawsuits, find technical help, discuss about university bans, and anything related to the program or company.
• Napster Goes to Washington - Digital music heavyweights gathered in Washington, D.C. to give testimony at a hearing on music downloading and file trading. [Wired News]
• Napster Links - Features a large list of links to various news reports and other related information about Napster and their lawsuit.
• Napster Set to Charge Fees - Article discussing the Napster access fees and whether it will save them. [InfiniSource]
• Napster Shares the Wealth - Just days after punk band The Offspring began selling unauthorized Napster merchandise through its website, the two parties choose collaboration instead of litigation. [Wired News]
• Napster Tries to Make Nice - The file-sharing program is promoting itself to the recording industry as a friend to new artists. But that will do little to win over the major labels.
• Napster adds CDNow link with upgrade - The file-swapping service releases a new version of its software that includes an e-commerce component linking to the Bertelsmann-owned retail site. [News.com]
• Napster alternative touts encrypted service - iNoize.com on Wednesday became the latest company to announce a legal alternative to Napster by launching a peer-to-peer service it says lets people share streamed music without infringing on copyrights. [News.com]
• Napster among Web's top 50 sites - In the midst of its legal turmoil last month, Napster broke into the top 50 most-visited Web sites as measured by Media Metrix. [News.com]
• Napster among fastest-growing Net technologies - Fans of the online music-swapping company downloaded 1.39 billion songs in September, transforming the hotly contested technology into one of the Internet's most popular applications, according to new studies. [News.com]
• Napster and MP3 News - Napster and MP3 current and past news, updated daily.
• Napster asks fans to purchase CDs - Napster is asking its fans to participate in a two-day "buy-cott" this weekend, a plan aimed at winning support for the music-swapping firm. [News.com]
• Napster backs away from MP3.com - Song-swapping company Napster, embroiled in a landmark copyright lawsuit against the recording industry, today distanced itself from a federal judge's strong ruling against MP3.com. [News.com]
• Napster banned at 34 percent of colleges surveyed - Thirty-four percent of 50 U.S. colleges and universities have banned students from using Napster's song-swap service on their campuses, according to a report released today by research firm Gartner Group. [News.com]
• Napster co-founder swaps one start-up for another - Napster co-founder Jordan Ritter has left the company and joined a San Francisco financial technology start-up, Round1 Private Capital Marketplace. [News.com]
• Napster fans fight back - More than 30,000 of the Metallica fans banned from Napster last week have appealed the move, saying they didn't do anything illegal. [News.com]
• Napster fans seen as music browsers, not buyers - More people may be window-shopping at online music retailer CDNow since they started using software from file-swapping service Napster, but fewer people are buying, according to a new report. [News.com]
• Napster fans squeeze through loopholes - For faithful Napster members wondering how they'll get free music from now on, solutions are quickly making the rounds. [News.com]
• Napster finds help for filtering songs - The music-swapping company hires Gracenote, which maintains a massive database identifying recorded music, to help find and block songs from being traded online. [News.com]
• Napster goes to court over cat trademark - Napster, an online music-sharing service fighting a landmark copyright dispute, sued online retailer Sport Service for wrongfully using its trademark. [News.com]
• Napster hack allows free distribution of software and movies - New Napster 'hack' that allows not just music transfers, but video and software also. [News.com]
• Napster lawyers prep defense in music battle - Explanation of the Napster software and the law suit details to date. [News.com]
• Napster opens doors to Mac owners - Napster on Wednesday released a Macintosh version of its wildly popular file-swapping software, officially welcoming Apple computer users to the free-music revolution. [News.com]
• Napster pleads with court for survival - A federal judge made a legal error in ordering Napster to ban the trade of copyrighted music on its service, lawyers for the popular file-swapping service told an appeals court today. [News.com]
• Napster popularity boosts gadget demand - Napster's legal pain has become the computer industry's financial gain as millions of people download digital music to burn onto CDs or transfer to portable players. [News.com]
• Napster preps for next step in copyright suit - Lawyers for Napster this week put the finishing touches on a brief due Friday, marking the next step in the song-swapping company's landmark court battle over copyright protection in cyberspace. [News.com]
• Napster snags Senate committee chief counsel - Napster, maker of a controversial song-swapping service, said Thursday it hired the chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee to spearhead its strategy on legislative policy issues. [News.com]
• Napster suit tests new copyright law - A new copyright law designed to protect the works of songwriters, is being tested in a case that pits the powerful recording industry against a wildly popular but controversial music start-up Napster. [News.com]
• Napster takes last stab at record industry arguments - Napster has fired its final legal salvo before meeting the record industry in appeals court, accusing the big labels of trying to hijack the beleaguered music-swapping company's technology. [News.com]
• Napster to cut deals with independent labels - Napster said today it plans to make a series of relationships with unsigned artists and independent labels to make their music available through its software. [News.com]
• Napster to fight Dr. Dre, Metallica in San Francisco - Rap artist Dr. Dre and heavy-metal band Metallica will proceed with lawsuits against Napster before the same judge who has ordered the music-sharing Web site to stop facilitating copyright infringement. [News.com]
• Napster traffic figures raise new questions - The drama of Napster's legal death-sentence has catapulted its site into the list of the Internet's most popular destinations. [News.com]
• Napster updates software as court case looms - Despite the uncertain outcome of a court case that threatens to deal Napster a potentially fatal blow, the music-swapping service has released an updated version of its software that makes it easier to find specific songs and bands. [News.com]
• Napster use jumps 345 percent - Media Metrix today said that Napster's song-swap application quadrupled to nearly 5 million unique visitors from February to July and is the fastest-growing application it has ever tracked on the Web. [News.com]
• Napster wildfire spreads beyond music - Article explaining how Napster works and why the music industry is against it. [News.com]
• Napster will live or die by 'fair use' - Discusses the laws of 'fair use' and how it fits in with the Napster trials. [The Register]
• Napster's Good? Bad? Er, What...? - Benefits of free music to the recording industry, and does streaming and downloading music on the Internet encourages CD sales? [Wired News]
• Napster's Promised Song Screening Yet to be Implemented - Copyrighted songs still available; users jumping ship should pay attention to the EULA's they agree to. [InfiniSource]
• Napster, Bertelsmann draw indie label to new service - Napster and Bertelsmann have attracted their first ally in their attempt to create a subscription-based version of the start-up's controversial music-swapping service. [News.com]
• Napster, by all of the Top Cartoonists - Political cartoons about the Napster issue from top newspaper editorial cartoonists around the world.
• Napster-like service lays off two-thirds of staff - Scour, a company that makes software for trading music and video over the Internet is laying off two-thirds of its staff, fueling speculation about its collapse. [News.com]
• Napster: A war that can't be won - Blames Napster's popularity on the high prices of CDs. [ZDNet]
• Napster: Downloading music for free is legal - Napster's message for the courts and the recording industry is that downloading songs online without payment is legal. [News.com]
• Napster: Slowly Destroying the CD Market - Brief article discussing the large amount of Napster usage and the effect on the music industry.
• Napster: friend or foe? - Fans have already embraced new music-distribution technologies. Musicians can fight them or join them. [Salon.com]
• New Tools Tame Napster Traffic - How traffic shapers are used to prevent Napster and similar bandwidth hogs from overwhelming campus and corporate networks.
• New technologies could be key for Napster resolution - As music-swapping company Napster and the record industry skirmish in court, a bevy of technology companies are coming out with ideas they say can help the two sides settle their legal disputes. [News.com]
• Post Napster it's protect and survive - The music industry is scrambling to make a buck out of file swapping. [Fairfax IT]
• Presidential candidates drawn into Napster debate - We have some idea where George W. Bush and Al Gore stand on health care, foreign policy and social security. But what about Napster and copyright claims, the issue that has taken the Net by storm? [News.com]
• Prince voices support for Napster - Funk and rock star Prince named services such as Napster "exciting" and sharply criticized the record industry for exploiting artists. [News.com]
• Pro-Napster vandal talks after FBI raid - The law has caught up with "Pimpshiz," the hacker allegedly responsible for defacing some 200 Web sites with pro-Napster graffiti. [News.com]
• Programmers help Napster clones take off - Article about the new open source program Gnutella which shares music files over the internet, similar to Napster. [News.com]
• RIAA asks judge to pull all major-label songs off Napster - RIAA asked the courts to block all major-label content from being traded through Napster. [News.com]
• RIAA chief asks Napster to apologize to Metallica - If Napster really wants to bury the hatchet with the Recording Industry Association of America, it may have to eat crow and issue a personal apology. [News.com]
• Record label signs deal with Napster - German media conglomerate Bertelsmann said Tuesday that it has formed an alliance with online music-swapping service Napster, signaling a significant shift in the so far hostile face-off between the major record labels and the start-up. [News.com]
• Record producer sues over Napster alliance - Bertelsmann's e-commerce unit is helping Napster infringe copyright recordings by financing the start-up's music-sharing operations, the former producer for 1960s rock group Jefferson Airplane says. [News.com]
• Senator Hatch's Napster Epiphany - Discusses the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). [The Register]
• Study finds Napster use may cut into record sales - Report on some of the first statistics to reflect the effects of the popular MP3 software Napster, on retail CD sales. [News.com]
• Study: College students would pay for Napster - About one in three students would be willing to pay for an online music subscription service such as the one proposed by the file-swapping company, a report says. [News.com]
• Tech giants slam Napster injunction - A broad coalition of technology and Internet companies are filing legal briefs today that are bitterly critical of last month's court decision against Napster, saying it could threaten the future of much of the technology industry. [News.com]
• The Great Napster Hope - Napster's legal dream team had a rather lengthy response to the recording industry's lawsuit, but the message could be boiled down into two words: Screw you. [Wired News]
• The Nitty-Gritty On Napster's Legal Challenges - Explains the details of the law suits proposed against Napster and what they mean. [InfiniSource]
• The Real Problem with Napster Lawsuits - Personal opinion and commentary about the truth behind the Napster lawsuits. [Rubak.com]
• The Smashing Pumpkins takes music directly to Napster fans - Alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins released what is being called its final album on vinyl and the MP3 format last week, forgoing a CD release through its record label, Virgin Records, according to postings on the band's Web site and published reports. [News.com]
• The week in review: Pay to play Napster? - Napster may be changing the face of its service, making it subscription-based, and offering legal song downloads from supporting record labels. [News.com]
• Transcript of the injunction against Napster - Transcript of Judge Marilyn Hall Patel's ruling in the Napster vs RIAA legal case. [News.com]
• Universal won't join Napster pact - Universal Music Group has no plans to join the alliance that Napster formed this week with Bertelsmann, an executive of the U.S. company told a French newspaper. [News.com]
• Unreleased Madonna Single Slips onto Net - Madonna's new unreleased single found its way into the music-swapping Napster community and onto a few MP3 Web sites. [News.com]