napster in comment and analysis
Napster lives, PCs reincarnated, call centres demystified
Comment At last, somebody has bought Napster - ending another one of the IT sector's long-running sagas. Roxio clearly believes Napster will provide the backbone of its own online music distribution offering. [28 Nov 2002]
The silicon.com Weekly Round-Up: Napster adieu, for now?
Comment They work in a similar way to Napster, but with one very big difference: they don't use one central database. So they've allowed Napster to carry on taking the food out of the mouths of impoverished rock stars like Metallica until a new document is... [16 Feb 2001]
Napster: Bertelsmann faces the music
Comment Despite this, the speculation - a day after the landmark ruling that looks set to sink Napster - is that Bertelsmann may also jump ship because it can't make the business model work. Undoubtedly Bertelsmann's owners, already unnerved by internal... [13 Feb 2001]
The best of 'Reader Comments': Napster KO'ed, virus warnings and Ellison's vision
Comment The court decision against music sharing service Napster had readers rushing to have their say. Yes, Napster allows peer-to-peer file sharing, and we can do that with our own information freely. Will Napster get in there first? [15 May 2001]
Napster: A loud enough wake up call for media giants?
Comment Napster looks close to a deal that could save its bacon and EMI intends to develop a platform for legalising the burning of CDs from digital music on the net. Millions of people simply won't consume music in a pre-Napster fashion anymore. [05 Jun 2001]
Coming soon - Napster versus the litigious suits
Comment The Napster case has become a legend in its own lifetime, and today another key scene will be written. But don't think Napster has therefore won. Whichever side ultimately triumphs in court - and there is a definite case against Napster - both... [26 Jul 2000]
Napster: While you were sleeping...
Comment Putting aside for a moment the scepticism which results from a number of false dawns - let's assume Napster really is going to return before year-end. If the legendary file-sharing service is to wake from the coma-state in which it was left... [29 Jul 2003]
Napster users triumphant, but questions persist
Comment The Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco decided late on Friday afternoon to block an injunction that would have shut Napster down. Judge Marilyn Hall Patel had given the original directive on Wednesday last week, when she ordered... [23 Aug 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: IBM goes large, Napster puts its case, and why Lane left Oracle
Comment A key part of Napster's argument is that many of its users download music to decide whether to buy. Napster fights back* Far from shrinking under the baleful glare of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and its lawsuits, Napster... [28 Aug 2000]
Murdoch and Napster - when worlds collide
Comment Do you remember the heyday of Napster? Did you use it? If so, do you consider yourself amoral? Well, some very powerful people think you are. News Corp president Peter Chernin has come out with some inflammatory phrases. [22 Aug 2002]
Transatlantic Cable: Needling Napster & mugging MP3
Comment Metallica (a heavy metal group) are busy suing a San Mateo-based company called Napster, and they've been joined recently by rapper Dr Dre. The bone of contention here is the eponymous software provided by Napster that allows users to share and... [30 Aug 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: the football portal play, Napster and P2P, and web content for profit
Comment Napster and a can of P2P worms* Napster's trials and tribulations, very much in the news recently, took a new turn last week. But Napster itself is only part of an important and growing peer-to-peer (P2P) picture and the future of P2P itself is... [26 Feb 2001]
Napster's singing a new tune
Comment Napster, once it appointed a 'grown-up' CEO and raised some serious cash, was clearly setting out on the path to become a fully-fledged commercial outfit. Bertelsmann was one of the five major record companies suing Napster. [01 Nov 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: Microsoft's 3G plans, IBM's web services plans, and Napster's survival plans
Comment Whether or not Napster 2002 emerges from the ashes is yet to be seen. Napster 2002* In the latest twist Napster has now filed for bankruptcy through Chapter 11 just weeks after founder Shaun Fanning and CEO Konrad Hilbers resigned and then rejoined... [17 Jun 2002]
The Bloor Perspective: the empire strikes back against Linux, Generation Dot and the Napster saga
Comment Maybe they should be offering Napster a job rather than taking them to court. Napster lessons* As the Napster trial progresses it's hard to help noticing just how many Napster wannabes have appeared - giving the original Napster yet more battles... [30 Oct 2000]
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