--- 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. [...] --- 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 --- The three-judge panel's Napster ruling from February: http://www.politechbot.com/p-01723.html --- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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