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...worry that the ruling against Napster threatens to unfairly restrict the legal flow of information online. The court rightly recognized that Napster, just like a VCR, is capable of substantial non-infringing uses, such as the exchange of songs that are not copyrighted--for example, files released by artists hoping to make a name for themselves. Yet it also required that Napster act to prevent the transfer of copyrighted music once notified by the copyright owners. Given that there is no easy way for a computer to tell whether a piece of music is copyrighted or not--especially when...
...Harvard community will soon enter a period of mourning for that loveable headphone-wearing cat who will now, slowly but surely, disappear from desktops across campus into extinction. Yes, the death knell of Napster has at last come, much to the chagrin of the undergraduate community. By affirming the illegality of downloading copyrighted music, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last week all but guaranteed that Napster will soon be nothing more than a fond memory. But while the court's decision has been lauded by the recording industry as a moral triumph, we cannot help but wonder whether...
Call it video Napster. The elusive goal of film and television producers has long been a marriage between the Internet and video programming, a single pipeline that would allow consumers to order up entertainment and information from a buffet of sources. So when German media giant Bertelsmann last week took control of RTL, Europe's biggest TV company, interactive programming suddenly looked a lot closer. "We are significantly pushing ahead on the interactive TV front," says Thomas Hesse, ceo of the newly formed RTL NEWMEDIA group. The firm hopes to roll out its interactive service in Germany by summer...
...company Vivendi-Bertelsmann has been under pressure to bulk up. Not only has the group acquired control of RTL, which has TV and radio properties in 11 countries, but it is also bidding for the record company EMI and forging a global alliance between Bertelsmann music subsidiary BMG and Napster, the controversial Internet site where people can exchange music for free...
...That strategy helps explain why Bertelsmann is teaming with Napster, angering other established record companies that have taken the Internet service to court for copyright infringement. While details haven't been finalized, Bertelsmann is close to announcing a technical solution that will allow Napster to charge a monthly subscription fee in exchange for legal access to record company music. Similar solutions will have to be worked out for content transferred to set-top boxes and mobile phones, as well. "What we have to realize is that it is easier to steal intellectual property than it is to get legal access...