FC: Napster fails to convince appeals court to reconsider ruling

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Mon Jun 25 2001 - 22:14:49 PDT

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    Napster Fails to Get Rehearing on Copyright Ruling
    Jun. 25, 2001 21:05 ET
    http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=Technology%20News&s1=blk&tp=ad_topright_tech&T=markets_bfgcgi_content99.ht&s2=ad_right1_technology&bt=ad_position1_technology&middle=ad_frame2_technology&s=
    
    San Francisco, June 25 (Bloomberg) -- Napster Inc. failed to persuade a 
    federal appeals court to revisit an earlier ruling that curtailed users' 
    online trades of copyright music owned by the five biggest record labels. A 
    March 6 injunction prohibited the swaps and forced Napster to adopt 
    screening technologies that have prompted millions of users to abandon the 
    service. [...]
    
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    Also see:
    
    New court setback for Napster
    Jun. 25, 2001 20:10 ET
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/business/newsid_1407000/1407773.stm
    
    Aimster Up, Napster Down for Now
    Jun. 25, 2001 16:45 ET
    http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,44790,00.html
    
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    The three-judge panel's Napster ruling from February:
    http://www.politechbot.com/p-01723.html
    
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    Background:
    
    Napster offers music industry $1 billion payoff, with strings
    http://www.politechbot.com/p-01751.html
    
    Napster wants compulsory Net-licenses for music catalogs
    http://www.politechbot.com/p-01887.html
    
    Clinton administration takes on Napster in court case
    http://www.politechbot.com/p-01365.html
    
    -Declan
    
    
    
    
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