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  • Record labels targeted in Napster suit

    Record company attorneys seeking a quick end to their copyright suit against Napster instead found themselves fielding pointed questions from a US federal judge over planned music subscription services.

  • Online music services--anti-competitive?

    Record industry execs and critics trade jabs at an industry conference, with a legislator saying that Pressplay and MusicNet may amount to a 'duopoly.

  • Will record labels play in Microsoft's band?

    As the major record labels try to remake online music in their own image, Microsoft's presence is looming powerfully enough to influence the biggest alliances in the business--even if the software giant hasn't struck the big deals itself.

  • Why we're better than Napster: MusicNet

    MusicNet CEO Alan McGlade says his music subscription service will sing. But are you ready to pay?

  • Web rights deal will let the music play

    One of the last major legal roadblocks to mainstream music-subscription services on the Web appears ready to fall, with a tentative deal between music publishers and the big record labels on the table.

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  • Roxio taps Fanning for Napster take two

    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.

  • Apple's music: Evolution, not revolution

    Analysis: For all the glitz surrounding the unveiling Monday of Apple Computer's new music service, a quick look suggests that it's a solid, but hardly revolutionary, addition to the market.

  • Apple left out of the spotlight

    New online movie service won't work with Mac. Will Apple get left out of the digital revolution?

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