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Attorneys for heavy-metal band Metallica and rap artist Dr. Dre sent a letter to Harvard Sept. 6 asking the University to ban student access to the Napster music-trading service via the campus network. The letter, which carries the implied threat of a lawsuit and requests a reply by Sept. 22, asserts that Harvard has a "moral, ethical, and legal obligation" to block Napster access. Rather than accede to Metallica's demands, Harvard should make clear in its reply the University's commitment to open student access to electronic resources and its refusal to act as an electronic filter...
Harvard has not yet decided how to respond to a written request from an attorney representing rapper Dr. Dre and rock group Metallica urging university officials to prevent students from accessing the music sharing program Napster...
...other camp are those who argue that Napster is nothing more than a tool for the wholesale infringement of intellectual property rights. Artists like Metallica and Dr. Dre argue that users will not be willing to purchase music if they can get it for free on the Internet, and artists will therefore not be properly rewarded for their effort...
Napster, the music-sharing service on the Internet, has exposed me to new bands, many of which interested me enough to buy their CDs [BUSINESS, July 31]. I hope Metallica and rapster Dr. Dre [who are suing Napster] are happy; they both just lost this fan. I will never again purchase anything recorded by them. ANDREW WALLACE Carmel Valley, Calif...
...heartstrings. But artists like Hootie & the Blowfish and Alanis Morissette have joined the anti-Napster chorus. In a full-page ad that ran in newspapers nationwide, more than 60 musical groups urged that "when our music is available online our rights should be respected." Metallica and rapster Dr. Dre have filed their own lawsuits against Napster. It's not unanimous, though: Limp Bizkit, for one, is pro-Napster--and Napster is sponsoring the group's current tour...