The defunct file-swapping network's assets are expected to be bought by Bertelsmann in a bankruptcy court auction, and its future remains uncertain
Struggling to make new song-blocking software work, Napster temporarily stopped all file trading on its once-popular service.
A federal judge has given file-swapping company Napster a significant win in court, ordering new scrutiny of the big record labels' ownership rights to music that could affect their own online plans.
Record companies have joined the movie industry in trying to root out post-Napster file trading, putting new pressure on ISPs to clamp down on subscribers' actions.
A day before the major record labels asked for a one-month halt in their lawsuit against file-swapping start-up Napster, a federal judge told them she would turn close scrutiny on their online practices.
Napster founder Shawn Fanning is back in business, with a new vision of label-approved file trading.
The state of Internet law was in flux in 2001. Lawyer Doug Isenberg says that if any lesson has emerged, it's that the same thing will probably remain true for 2002.
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Former file-swapping wunderkind Sean Fanning has signed up to help CD-burning technology company Roxio build a reborn Napster service--but with a difference.
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