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| Tequila Fez claims this land in the name of Portugal! Why worry about the train if it never makes it around the tracks?? IrishAlkey wuz here!!! | posted on 06-25-2001 @ 6:55 PM |    | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Jan. 01  | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday handed Napster yet another legal defeat by rejecting its request for a chance to challenge the crippling injunction won by the music industry against its song-swapping service. Barring an appeal to the Supreme Court, Napster now faces a full trial in the record industry's copyright infringement suit against it, which legal experts say could result in damages large enough to put it out business as an independent entity. "This decision puts to rest any questions that Napster has raised regarding the earlier decision and affirms the rights of copyrighted holders on the Internet," said Cary Sherman, senior vice president and general counsel for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Napster said it was disappointed with the ruling and was reviewing its legal options as the case moves to a full trial. Napster first requested the rehearing after a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that it was infringing on copyrights and that an injunction, ordered earlier by U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, was not only warranted but required. Napster's response was to request a hearing before the entire appeals court, saying that the injunction against the company was too broad and violated its rights to free speech. The recording industry had sought the injunction to bar Napster from offering its songs on the service while a full copyright infringement case proceeded in court. A date for that trial has not been set, although the injunction, which has been in force since March, has already succeeded in curtailing activity on Napster. "We recognized going in that rehearing petitions are infrequently granted. That is especially so at this stage of the case, where no trial has yet been held in the underlying case," said Jonathan Schwartz, general counsel for Napster. "We will now review our legal options going forward," he said, adding the company will continue to comply with the injunction. PINNING HOPES ON NEW SERVICE Schwartz said Napster also believes the launch of a new secure membership service later this summer will put to rest many of the record industry's outstanding legal issues. Analysts said Napster could face millions, or even billions, of dollars in damages if the record labels win the case at trial. "Napster's next option is to just let it go to a full trial and take its chances there or to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on the injunction," said Ric Dube, an analyst with Webnoize. The world's biggest record labels -- including Vivendi Universal's Universal Music, Sony Music, AOL Time Warner's Warner Music, EMI Group Plc, and Bertelsmann AG's BMG -- first sued Napster in December 1999, claiming it was a haven for copyright piracy that would cost them billions of dollars in lost music sales. According to research firm Webnoize, the average number of files shared by a user on Napster fell from 220 in February to just 21 by the end of May. WebNoize also estimated that just 360 million files were traded through the service in May, versus 2.79 billion in February. Meanwhile, Napster on Friday released a new version of its software that allows users to find many songs that were inadvertently being blocked as a result of the injunction. A spokesman said the latest version should enable people to trade songs by independent or other artists that are not required to be blocked under the terms of the injunction. Napster also got a shot in the arm earlier this month when it clinched a licensing deal with MusicNet -- a joint music subscription service between RealNetworks Inc. and three big labels -- BMG, EMI, and AOL Time Warner. Under that deal, Napster will be able to carry these labels' music once it launches a new version that pays royalties. But Dube said if the recording labels win the case at trial, they can hold Napster for significant damages, which are likely to exceed the value of the company. "The major companies can come out of this owning Napster," he said.  AOL - oanda1027fm This message was edited by Tequila on 6-25-01 @ 7:13 PM | ||||
| mikeWOW | posted on 06-25-2001 @ 6:59 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | what the F.. we need napster to be like it used to be! "i hate people that dont get it!" | ||||
| Kid Afrika | posted on 06-25-2001 @ 7:01 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 70 | All you Napster users have no clue about file sharing. It's been in existence for a long time, and is still very active. You NapHeads just roon it by making it too easy, and too public. I only briefly used Napster, and I thought it sucked. I'll stick with my original method which is much faster, and much more reliable.
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| fbdlingfrg wow, my name looks odd without 5 lines of type below it in bold and purple and red G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Red Wings Captain Cecil JBA~Remove the Pick & Click NOW! | posted on 06-25-2001 @ 7:03 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | move to audiogalaxy now...save the time you'll waist on the napski thanks to fez for the pic | ||||
King Shit *board owner* | posted on 06-25-2001 @ 7:05 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Feb. 01 | Tequila, what are you, the next fucking Ikeaboy? Is my train in vain, has my soul gone to waste Am I just a victim of, a victim of my lost faith | ||||
| fbdlingfrg wow, my name looks odd without 5 lines of type below it in bold and purple and red G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Red Wings Captain Cecil JBA~Remove the Pick & Click NOW! | posted on 06-25-2001 @ 7:07 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | well somebody had to post the news with ikea at NYU orientation for the next few days thanks to fez for the pic | ||||
| Kid Afrika | posted on 06-25-2001 @ 7:08 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 70 | quote: WOW!!! Froy cursed. I wonder if his mother knows he speaks like this... ;)
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| Tequila Fez claims this land in the name of Portugal! Why worry about the train if it never makes it around the tracks?? IrishAlkey wuz here!!! | posted on 06-25-2001 @ 7:14 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Jan. 01 | quote: I will never post another story if you are going to compare me to the movie reviewer of OA.com AOL - oanda1027fm | ||||
| adolescentmasturbator | posted on 06-25-2001 @ 7:20 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | Napster is good and all but I prefer WinMX and Rapigator which connect to multiple servers. Sure they can shut down napster and its servers but they can't shut down independent servers. And for movies I usually go in to IRC because people usually aren't too willing to trade unless you give em something in return.  Resident Board Socialist Email me here IM me at stickysituation2 or pinkorag I have brought the 3 i's of SamH and ass-fucker into the International | ||||
| adolescentmasturbator | posted on 06-25-2001 @ 7:20 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | Double post This message was edited by adolescentmasturbator on 6-25-01 @ 7:25 PM | ||||
| Spuds_Buckley | posted on 06-25-2001 @ 7:25 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | wow AM...a post so nice, it came up twice (j/k) ps...welcome back K1D  You're not gonna take my hair and plant an evil Dewey are you? | ||||
I Need An Old Priest And A Young Priest | posted on 06-25-2001 @ 7:37 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | quote: lmao. Ikeaboy comment...?  Officially Part of JWO: skitchr4u, JasonFromRiverEdge & Jesus H Christ | ||||
| fbdlingfrg wow, my name looks odd without 5 lines of type below it in bold and purple and red G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Red Wings Captain Cecil JBA~Remove the Pick & Click NOW! | posted on 06-25-2001 @ 7:43 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | quote: quote: thanks to fez for the pic | ||||
| WoundedAngel Absolutely spectacular, and 1337 as hell. | posted on 06-25-2001 @ 8:16 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01 | Napster really does blow now. Adiogalaxy is not my thing, but Win MX rocks. If all else fails, I guess I'll have to resort to FTP's again (boooo). This message was edited by WoundedAngel on 6-25-01 @ 8:25 PM | ||||
| Spuds_Buckley | posted on 06-25-2001 @ 8:30 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Audiogalaxy is not your thing? please elaborate It's not enough that you want a cracker...you have to earn it! Now I'm going on a bender to end all benders | ||||
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