IP: Stanford pirate allegedly pirates a pirate (no honor among thieves?)

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 11:35:48 -0800
> From: Jim Warren <jwarren () well com>
>
>
> From a friend:
> > ...
> > Napster seems to sing a different tune when its own property is involved
> > ...
> > Napster, which portrays itself as a champion of youth culture and the 
> > Web's freewheeling ways, applies a double standard to intellectual 
> > property, making it cavalier toward other people's, but hyperprotective 
> > of its own.
> > ...
> > Some have tried to figure out the workings of Napster's internal 
> > protocols on their own. One of them, David Weekly, a Stanford University 
> > student, put a version of them on his personal Web site. Soon, he 
> > received an electronic message from Napster demanding that he take it down.
> > ...
> > "Napster is treating its database as its private property," complains Mr. 
> > Powell. "But it's not Napster's property. It's a list of pirated music."
> > ...
> > While they stand to profit handsomely from their stake, not everyone 
> > wants their links to Napster known; one investor pleaded that his 
> > involvement in the company not be revealed, lest the controversy over 
> > Napster hurt his other business deals.
> >
> > <http://www.msnbc.com/p/cnbc/437756.asp?bt=cnbc>