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A front-row seat for media's meltdown
Insight newsmaker Big Champagne CEO Eric Garland, who tracks file sharing for media companies, says studios will fare better in the Digital Age and Hulu should not charge fees.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, downsizing, Mom, Hulu, Web sites, Web 2.0, TV, Music, Napster Inc.
Does Pirate Bay verdict spell trouble for Google?
Insight perspective Pirate Bay outcome could have wide and lasting implications for the likes of Google and YouTube, says legal expert.
Tags: Piracy, Copyright, Digital rights management (DRM), Web sites, Google Inc., Napster Inc., Video, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, YouTube Inc., File-sharing
Napster patrols its own beat
News The popular music swapping service says it will block a number of music titles as one way to lessen its burden in its legal battle.
Sweden launches criminal probe of Pirate Bay sale
News A week before Global Gaming announced it would acquire Pirate Bay, the company's stock shot up. Swedish authorities want to know why.
Tags: Web 2.0, BitTorrent, Napster Inc., Stock, Shawn Fanning, financing, CEO, Sweden, leader, acquisition
Teen Muziic founder: Shawn Fanning is my hero
News David Nelson, who is 15, will face enormous hurdles if his new music service, Muziic, is to become a hit. But he's betting YouTube is smart enough to recognize a good thing.
Tags: Music, Copyright, Lawsuits, Piracy, Site, Google Inc., Napster Inc., Video, Terms Of Service, Shawn Fanning
Music moguls' latest strategy: Zig then zag
News commentary The big four labels said to be discussing a partnership with Hulu. But is this the answer to their tech dilemma? Hardly.
Tags: Music, Web sites, Google Inc., file-swapping, Napster Inc., Video, digital music file-swapping, YouTube Inc., Financial Times, NBC Universal Inc.
What to expect from the RealDVD decision
News Judge is known for delivering relatively speedy decisions. But, even if Real loses in this preceding, company could still prevail at trial. We have a long way to go yet.
Tags: Lawsuits, Piracy, Video, Marilyn Hall Patel, Backup, Napster Inc., attorney, RealDVD, Real, Ben Sheffner
Apple, AT&T, Samsung, Verizon and others sued over Shazam app
News Tune Hunter claims it holds the patent on the technology behind Shazam's music identification and discovery service, suing Apple, AT&T, Samsung, Verizon and others.
Tags: Music, Apple Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Patent, Mobile, Napster Inc., wireless service, Wireless, phone, Amazon.com Inc.
Second wave of suits crashes against Napster
News Want to sue Napster? Take a number. As Napster's hopes for a win in court dim, the line of companies and musicians looking for their piece of the legal action is growing by the day.
Napster visitors drop 7% after blocking songs
News Napster Inc, the free music-sharing Web site, had a 7 percent drop in visitors in March from the previous month, after the closely held company began blocking access to copyright-protected songs, a study found.
Napster, other sites said to cut sales of singles by 14%
News Napster Inc and other Web sites offering free access to recorded music contributed to a 14 percent fall in sales of single recordings in 2000, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry said.
Full text of Napster preliminary injunction
News The text of the Napster injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel.
EBay, other sites get fewer visits in April: Study
News EBay Inc, Terra Networks SA's Lycos and other Web sites had fewer visitors in April than the prior month, according to a survey of the 50 most-popular Internet sites from Jupiter Media Metrix Inc.
Napster faces deadline today to block 135,000 songs
News Napster Inc faces a deadline today of 5 pm California time to block users from trading 135,000 songs on its online music service. Failure to comply may lead a federal judge to hold the startup in contempt, and to fines or a shutdown, lawyers said.
Court gives Napster breathing room
News The music-swapping company must begin blocking songs from being traded through its service, but a judge denies the record industry's appeals for a broader order.
