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Tech Visions: TV extends its reach
Comment Is Sling Media yet another P2P file-sharing company such as Napster, Grokster, Kazaa? Silicon Valley-based Howard Greenfield looks at what's accelerating that trend and giving businesses easy remote access to video. [24 Oct 2007]
Woman hit with $220k bill in file-sharing case
News Ever since the original Napster emerged in the late 1990s, the Riaa has been playing - and some say losing - a game of cat and mouse with file sharers. A woman from Minnesota must pay $220,000 to six of the top music labels after a US federal jury... [05 Oct 2007]
Iconic Music Provider Strengthens Market Share Through Media-Focused PCs
White Paper Napster, a pioneering star in the online music download space, has grown significantly over the past few years. Using Napster's subscription service, music fans can select from among 1.5 million songs to sample, download, and share. [30 Aug 2007]
YouTube vs Viacom: 'It's about free speech' - Google
News Comparisons to peer-to-peer file sharing networks Grokster and Napster, which found themselves defendants in copyright lawsuits and lost, are not valid, Kwun said. Google has responded to Viacom's $1bn copyright lawsuit, arguing it has not... [01 May 2007]
A Business Model for Napster-Like File Sharing and File Backup
White Paper This paper draws upon recent work on digital auctions, specifically the development of the Sample Cost Sharing auction (SCS), to suggest a potentially profitable business model for a Napster-like system without significantly changing its... [02 Feb 2007]
Apple, Napster and Google sued over video
News Apple, Google and Napster have all been named in a video on demand (VoD) patent infringement suit - by a company that stopped offering such services several years ago. Google and Napster did not respond to requests for comment on the case. [04 Jan 2007]
Google sweating to make YouTube legit
News The site has been singled out by analysts Forrester and IDC, who claim it could easily suffer the same fate as Napster's free service. In a now-famous court case, Napster argued unsuccessfully that it was not responsible for people misusing its... [03 Nov 2006]
YouTube is doomed, says analyst
News Both Forrester and IDC research companies argue YouTube will face the same battle fought and lost by file-sharing site Napster. In a now-famous court case, Napster argued unsuccessfully that it wasn't responsible for people misusing its file... [03 Oct 2006]
SAP eyes 'third way' for software - using SOA like a gearbox
News As an example, he pointed to the way Apple was able to roll out its iTunes music store in just three months, based on an SAP backbone, whereas one-time digital music leader Napster took a year and was left behind. [28 Sep 2006]
Microsoft grapples with mystery DRM cracker
News The package will compete with services from Microsoft's traditional partners, such as Napster and Yahoo! For more than a month, Redmond has been combating a program released online called FairUse4WM, which successfully stripped anti-copying guards... [27 Sep 2006]
Will's Web Watch: Tuning in to YouTube
Comment It may only be a matter of time before YouTube becomes embroiled in the kind of discussions that dogged Napster over hosting copyrighted material but searches of the site still reveal far more user-generated content than copyrighted material... [04 Sep 2006]
Free music downloads get Universal blessing
News Although billed by some as an iTunes competitor, SpiralFrog's idea is more akin to subscription services such as MTV's Urge or Napster. A start-up hailing from the Big Apple is touting a free music downloads business model that record companies can... [30 Aug 2006]
Mobile music: All grown up now
News It seems mobile music could even be delivering a dry slap to online music stores such as iTunes and Napster. The mobile industry can at last pat itself on the back - mobile music is just about to mature. [04 Aug 2006]
And finally: Microsoft to launch iPod rival
News Also unclear is whether rival music services, such as Napster, RealNetworks' Rhapsody and Urge will work with Microsoft's upcoming player. A spokeswoman for Napster said the company isn't worried about competing with Microsoft. [24 Jul 2006]
Can YouTube make money?
News He compares the challenges ahead of YouTube to those faced by Napster as it tried to transform itself from a free file-sharing system into a paid-subscription service. In the late 1990s Napster.achieved similar cult status [as YouTube] but was... [30 Jun 2006]
