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...This was the year NASCAR was going for the big time. The circuit had its first big network TV contract - a six-year, $2.4 billion deal with Fox - an expansion of the schedule to cities in the West, Midwest and Northeast, and some new rules designed to make the sport more exciting to the general public. Fox, with the colorful Waltrip in the booth, eagerly applied its particular brand of glitzy graphics and breathless hype to the proceedings. No longer was stock-car racing going to be the Roger Clinton of professional sports - it was making its bid to join...
...trial injunction requiring Napster to shut down--issued last July by the District Court of Northern California and then stayed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in August--was effectively sent back to the district court yesterday for modification...
...Court's decisive and unanimous ruling today is a victory for all creators. The Ninth Circuit Court affirmed our legal position on every point," Rosen said...
...recycling ramps up, computer manufacturers are discovering new ways to make the process more efficient. Metal screws are being replaced with snap-open panels for quicker dismantling. Lead solder used to fasten parts to circuit boards is giving way to safer tin, silver and copper alloys. Spray-on flame retardants, which can be toxic when recycled, are being replaced with metal paneling. And those annoying plastic shipping peanuts are being replaced with packing material made of water-soluble starch...
...Circuit Court of Appeals left little doubt Wednesday that Napster as we know it is dead, ruling that U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel's injunction against the service would stand, with a little retooling. In a 58-page ruling, the three-judge panel said that Napster must stop trading in copyrighted material and may be held liable for "vicarious copyright infringement." Napster must also prevent users from gaining access to copyrighted content through its lists of songs archived by the service's users...