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...this theater, or a classic-rock FM station? The hits of the '60s and '70s have lately become as ubiquitous on the legit stage as the endlessly recycled standards of Gershwin, Porter and Kern. In addition to Nyro and Joplin, Jim Morrison and his life and music were the subject of another recent off-Broadway show. The '70s hits of the Swedish rock band Abba make up the score for Mamma Mia!--a hit in London that's due on Broadway this fall. A new Beatles musical, All You Need Is Love, is about to open in London...
...greeting that President Bush received at his first trade summit in Quebec--tear gas and rioters--was as much a reminder as those posters that trade has become an electric issue. Some of the points are legit: signing a country like Brazil to a trade pact could make it harder for Brazilians living with AIDS to get cheap counterfeit drugs. But there is also blind fury from parts of the world where trade is seen as a tool of imperialism, not modernization. It may be even harder to undo that perception than it is to ink agreements on trade. Unfortunately...
...geek with Coke-bottle spectacles and a microchip key-chain dangling from his belt, doesn't dabble in credit cards and says he has "knocked some sense" into his pal. (Tapping into other people's Internet accounts, however, is still considered fair game.) Both men would prefer to go legit and offer their services as security advisers to local ISPs. They're not getting far. "They just ignore us," says Hiiro. When their user databases get hacked and they find a few thousand missing credit card numbers, these websites and isps may regret that decision...
...architecture is the key to an ongoing transformation. The two companies have been working for several months to develop a new Napster--some are calling it Napster II--that will operate as a pay-subscription service. The idea is to take the company legit by charging subscription fees of, say, $15 a month, part of which will then be passed on to performers and record labels. The new technology could give Napster the control over its system that it needs to make Napster II a reality. Andreas Schmidt, president and CEO of Bertelsmann's eCommerce Group, calls it "the most...
...ready for months. There is a long tradition in the software industry of releasing "vaporware"--illusory software announced just to throw off the competition. Napster's architecture may be a variation on the theme. Call it litigationware, real software designed to convince a court you're sincere about going legit. We should know any day now whether it worked...