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BIZKIT AS USUAL The great promise of the Net--free distribution--has been a nightmare for the music industry. Record companies and artists are worried lest websites let consumers download pirated music for free. But while the big music labels have reacted with lawsuits--including one that last week determined music site mp3.com had violated copyright laws--one band is taking a different path. Limp Bizkit has decided to let Napster, whose software has become a college favorite for playing pirated tunes, sponsor a series of free concerts in July. Says band front man Fred Durst: "We could care less...
...Napster software allows users to search for and download MP3 files from other users, while at the same time making their own collection universally available. As a result, Napster has been wading through uncharted legal waters since its founding, and has already been sued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It is strange that the recording industry has been so averse to the sharing of MP3 files; college students are some of the industry's best customers and it has been argued that listening to MP3 files increases, rather than decreases, students' music purchases...
...eight never-before-released live performances. The concert tracks are available only online www.benharperdownload.com and are distributed by Liquid Audio. One of the tracks, Nobody's Fault (a cover of a blues standard made famous by Blind Willie Johnson), is free, but the other tracks cost $1.99 each to download, or $9.99 for all seven...
...improve and deepen his studio originals, bringing new intimacy to his songs. His live take on his song Steal My Kisses has an inviting, front-stoop feel; the acoustic plaint Widow of a Living Man deftly treads the line between pathos and empathy. The songs take a while to download (it took this critic several hours), but they're worth the wait...
...ronic that King is seen peering out of an Apple iMac on your cover. Those of us who own Macintosh computers (like King) were disappointed when we tried to download his Riding the Bullet and found that only PC users could partake. I guess we will just have to "bite the bullet" for now. JOHN ALFENITO Northridge, Calif...