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File-swapping, like rock 'n' roll, may never die, but Napster - and the copyright law that's killing it - is in serious trouble...
Since then, Napster has made several attempts to settle claims of copyright infringement out of court, including an announcement that it will move to a completely fee-based pricing plan by summer. The service has also offered to pay $1 billion over the next five years to major record labels, songwriters and independent artists--an offer that was rebuffed...
Boies countered by saying that Napster still cannot examine specific files to see if they are instances of copyright infringement--it can only block specific file names...
...Absolutely not. Johnny Deep at Aimster insists his service is legally watertight because it's completely decentralized - and the appeals court made a very clear distinction that a site isn't responsible for copyright infringement if it has no way to monitor or stop it. Most of the other sites - Gnutella, BearShare and the rest - look to have that same built-in protection...
...melody could linger awhile. Having had her first stop-the-music order from last July - which gave Napster just 48 hours to strip its site of all avenues of "vicarious copyright infringement" - sent back for minor revisions by an appeals court, Patel may be looking for a more lasting solution this time around...