Globe and Mail: "A 21-year-old Canadian Web entrepreneur is planning to circumvent the imminent demise of Napster Inc.'s controversial Internet song-trading system by setting up a clone of the service on a so-called 'data haven' platform off the coast of Britain." 5:47:38 PM
Wednesday, March 07, 2001
Napster Pelted with Lawsuits. No sooner had the ink dried on Judge Marilyn Hall Patel's injunction Monday than Napster is slammed with lawsuits. 11:17:39 AM
Friday, March 02, 2001
News.Com: "Napster said it has created a way to screen individual file names that would likely go into effect this weekend. Potentially millions of files will be blocked at that time, Napster attorney David Boies said." 4:07:06 PM
AP: "Napster offered $1 billion to the recording industry Tuesday to settle the copyright infringement suit that threatens to shut down the free Internet song-swapping service." 7:16:36 PM
Monday, February 12, 2001
US federal appeals court: "Napster may be held liable for contributory copyright infringement only to the extent that Napster knows of specific infringing files with copyrighted musical compositions or sound recordings, knows or should have known that the files are available on the Napster system, and fails to act to prevent the distribution of copyrighted materials.'' 1:01:40 PM
Industry Standard: Napster to Launch Fee-Based Service in Mid-2001. Sarfeld said a survey of 20,000 Napster users conducted in December by Webnoize showed that a large majority are willing to pay up to $15 a month for the music download service. However, Sarfeld cautioned, this is no indication for what the fee will be. "We are not talking figures yet," he said. 1:09:03 PM
