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Despite the recent filtering of copyrighted songs, the record industry is still far from ready to sing Napster's praises...
...important for me to give some credit to Napster today," said Hilary Rosen, CEO of RIAA, during a Friday press conference. "I think they came into court trying to be productive. I still think that they...
This latest move marks a series of concessions by Napster since the severe blow it was dealt several weeks ago, when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals voiced the opinion that Napster users infringe on copyrights and that "Napster materially contributes to the infringing activity...
Since then, Napster has made several attempts to settle claims of copyright infringement out of court, including an announcement that it will move to a completely fee-based pricing plan by summer. The service has also offered to pay $1 billion over the next five years to major record labels, songwriters and independent artists--an offer that was rebuffed...
Rosen pointed out that Napster's agreement to ban access to certain files seems to be in contradiction with previous claims that it was impossible for the service to sort out specific songs...