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  • 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.

  • The Napster legacy could be a problem

    Napster may have been defanged, but other rogue peer-to-peer music services still exist. Even if the music industry were to crush these services too, millions of music fans won't forget the Napster experience.

  • Online music: What constitutes "fair use"?

    Recent efforts by the music industry to stop Napster from its "unlawful distribution of music" have brought new scrutiny to the music industry's own illegal activities.

  • Net music service ready to Pressplay

    After a series of delays, the long-awaited online music service Pressplay will launch this week.

  • Pressplay to offer unlimited downloads

    Stung by tepid market reception to its online music subscription service, major music label-backed Pressplay plans to offer listeners access to an unlimited supply of music for a set period for a single fee.

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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 unveils music store

    Apple Computer has unveiled its latest line of digital music products, including a long-awaited Internet music store and ultrathin versions of its popular iPod portable MP3 player.

  • Can't stop the music

    Trying to find a path through the music copy and share debate is a continuing battle, but should it be?

  • 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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