FC: Napster fails to convince appeals court to reconsider ruling

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Napster Fails to Get Rehearing on Copyright Ruling
Jun. 25, 2001 21:05 ET
http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=Technology%20News&s1=blk&tp=ad_topright_tech&T=markets_bfgcgi_content99.ht&s2=ad_right1_technology&bt=ad_position1_technology&middle=ad_frame2_technology&s=

San Francisco, June 25 (Bloomberg) -- Napster Inc. failed to persuade a 
federal appeals court to revisit an earlier ruling that curtailed users' 
online trades of copyright music owned by the five biggest record labels. A 
March 6 injunction prohibited the swaps and forced Napster to adopt 
screening technologies that have prompted millions of users to abandon the 
service. [...]

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Also see:

New court setback for Napster
Jun. 25, 2001 20:10 ET
http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/business/newsid_1407000/1407773.stm

Aimster Up, Napster Down for Now
Jun. 25, 2001 16:45 ET
http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,44790,00.html

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The three-judge panel's Napster ruling from February:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01723.html

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Background:

Napster offers music industry $1 billion payoff, with strings
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01751.html

Napster wants compulsory Net-licenses for music catalogs
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01887.html

Clinton administration takes on Napster in court case
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01365.html

-Declan




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