Word: napsterized
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...that Napster has been chastened by a district court injunction, it is Deep's rival swapping service, Aimster (named for Aimee), that threatens the recording industry more. The service is almost identical to Napster in the way that songs can be easily searched for and downloaded, but unlike Napster it has a ready-built market, since 60 million people already use Instant Messenger. In an attempt to forestall any legal action by the music industry, Deep has hired top lawyer David Boies and petitioned a federal judge to issue a declaratory judgment on whether his service is legitimate...
...Five, will acquire Mp3.com, the first of the online free-music outlaws, for $372 million - $5 a share for a stock that once saw the 70s - in what's becoming quite a scramble by the Big Five to get in on the business that Mp3.com started and Napster made dangerous: Online music distribution...
...Chris Taylor: First of all, most Americans aren't going to be able to type Vivendi.com, much less remember that it's a music site. The reason why these companies are buying rather than creating distribution channels is about brand name - names like Napster and Mp3.com have a built-in brand awareness - and about time. Why take the trouble to build your own music-distributing web site when you can get one for $5 a share...
...Well, Warner Music, Bertelsmann, and EMI are partners in MusicNet, which is the RealNetworks venture that CEO Rob Glazer's is out trumpeting these days. Sony and Universal are partners in Duet, which Yahoo already has a stake in, and Bertelsmann has a side deal with Napster...
...story on Napster that mentioned Senate Judiciary Committee hearings [BUSINESS, April 16], we incorrectly said that musicians Alanis Morissette and Don Henley joined Napster CEO Hank Barry in trying "to sell the Senate on compulsory licenses--giving websites the same status as radio stations, which pay royalty fees for playing music." Rather, Morissette did not directly address the issue of licensing, and Henley stated that compulsory licenses should be considered, but only as a last resort...