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RSS napster-to-goNapster filters go under court scrutiny
News Earlier this week US District Court Judge Marilyn Patel Described Napster's efforts to prevent copyright infringement thus far as "disgraceful" and threatened to shut the music-sharing site down if the situation doesn't improve. [11 Apr 2001]
Napster poised to sign major music deal
News The deal paves the way for Napster's opponents to go ahead with copyright-infringement claims, which could signify the end of the trailblazer pirate site. Napster is about to sign a licensing agreement with an agency that represents the majority of... [24 Sep 2001]
Napster to give users one million songs for under £15
News The Napster to Go service works on a subscription model - for £14.95 a month, users can, monthly, take their pick from Napster's entire catalogue and load them onto one of five compatible music players: the Zen Micro and Portable Media Centre, the... [03 Feb 2005]
Napster accepts its corporate destiny
News Online music distributor Napster is set to sign a deal with three of the music industry's 'big five' record labels which will see its controversial service finally go legit. Napster is reportedly ready to sign an alliance with MusicNet - an online... [05 Jun 2001]
EMI backs legal pretenders to deposed Napster crown
News The companies - three of the 'big four' who ran Napster through the courts and into the ground - will make their music available online via the subscription-based service which is set to go live sometime in the coming months. [03 Oct 2001]
Napster dresses up as Apple for price war
News Napster has also announced the upcoming launch of its subscription service Napster To Go, scheduled to debut this quarter. However, if a music fan lets their subscription lapse, all their Napster to Go tracks will disappear into the ether. [13 Jan 2005]
The best of Reader Comments: Bring on the legal eagles
Comment In typical fashion, the judgement handed down to Napster raised some mixed reactions: There were more trials and tribulations for file sharing site Napster (http://www.silicon.com/a43094 ) with orders from a federal judge that it must stop... [09 Mar 2001]
Will's Web Watch: Leave the file sharers alone
Comment The demise of Napster was seen in many quarters as a blow to the industry - albeit one the labels would never publicly admit. The Recording Industry Association of America has been clamping down on illegal file-sharing since it first became common... [08 Sep 2003]
Leader: Are download services the new free ISPs?
Leader So after what seems like dozens of launches for legal digital music download services over the past year, imagine our déjà vu this week when it was announced that The Sun has teamed up with Roxio-owned Napster to offer its readers free - though... [23 Jul 2004]
Napster and Creative thank Microsoft for the music
News Windows Media Player 10 incorporates a new copy-protection scheme, formerly known as Janus, that for the first time allows online music subscription services such as Napster to offer rented tracks on portable devices. [02 Sep 2004]
Is Apple turning its back on iPod customers?
Comment During the height of the Napster controversy, the sides remained too far apart to figure out how to make it work: You either believed that bits and bytes should be free or dismissed Napster as the epitome of corrosive cyberanarchism. [06 Aug 2004]
Record industry cutting off nose to spite face
News New research has confirmed what many already suspected - music download services such as Napster and KaZaA are a major factor in driving CD sales. Many music fans use services such as KaZaA, and previously the now defunct Napster, in a 'try before... [08 May 2003]
Legal deal to put music back on the web
News Earlier this year file-sharing service Napster was shut down because a preliminary injunction by a judge ruled it had to stop facilitating the distribution of copyrighted music. Napster has said for some time it wishes to re-launch as a... [17 Sep 2001]
Music downloads: Dancing to a different tune
Comment The music companies seem terrified of Napster and are willing to spend millions closing it down, and the regulators are very twitchy when it comes to the meeting of music and online interests. Call us luddites if you want, but in an era when there... [10 Oct 2000]
EFF Napster Appellate Decision Whitepaper
White Paper The appellate court then ordered Napster to police and control its systems to prevent future infringement and sent the case back to the district court for specific rulings about how Napster must rewrite its software to meet the court's requirements. [03 Jul 2008]
