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...what they want, a lot of the hits are harmless. Some may even come from applications, like Napster, that I have authorized to run. But at least some of them are probably hackers trying to rummage through my files, hoping to lift my credit-card number or empty my bank account...
Hatch also discussed the recent Napster ruling and asserted the importance of intellectual property rights, referring to his own accomplishments as a song-writer, jokingly saying that his religious music is "the best there...
...Right now, we’re in the dark ages of the Internet era. Many of the dotcom pioneers, like Kozmo, are dead, with others like Napster currently crippled by the combined weights of the legal system and the music industry. Nevertheless, these companies, despite their flawed business models and execution, proved beyond argument consumer demand for Internet-enabled services, especially those that catered to people’s desire for immediate gratification. New entrants into these markets may not receive the tens of millions of dollars in venture capital funding that Napster and Kozmo got, but they might...
...portal like AOL, discover any music you like and move it anywhere you choose, in a process so seamless that you won't mind paying for it monthly. The nightmare scenario: a poor selection of music in confusing and conflicting file formats that will drive you underground to a Napster clone like Aimster. So every portal needs to do a deal with MusicNet and Duet--at the very least. "None of these services can survive without content from all five major labels," says Dannielle Romano, music analyst at Jupiter Media Metrix. Not to mention the hundreds of independent labels they...
This is a tough business to take online, and it will need more than a few dazzling new services to succeed. No one knows that better than Napster CEO Hank Barry, who is still earnestly trying to fashion a legal compromise that will keep his company in the game (just like MP3.com which is still alive after losing millions in lawsuits to record labels). Along with Henley and Morissette, Barry tried to sell the Senate on compulsory licenses--giving websites the same status as radio stations, which pay royalty fees for playing music. Says Barry: "It's government intervention...