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Napster To Be Bought?

Posted by Hemos on from the do-your-due-diligence dept.

michael hirschorn wrote to us with an interesting news story that's popped up a couple times. Rumour has it that some major ISPs have been in talks with Napster regarding an accquisition. The reason for the purchase would be to help get more clients - but that's a heckuva lawsuit to step into the middle of.

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  1. ISP's??? by Russ+Nelson · · Score: 3

    An ISP to buy Napster?? Who do they think is downloading all this stuff?? People with modems?? Look at the speed of connections. These ISP's are dreaming. A buyout of Napster, to be bundled with the ISP's services, would guarantee that somebody else would step up to be "the new" non-proprietary Newpster.
    -russ

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  2. Is this a good idea? by kirwin · · Score: 3
    With all of the hoopla about possible illegalities surrounding Napster, would ISP's really want to take the risk of buying them? In the end, the RIAA will end up winning. Why, do you ask? Well, they have an infinite cash supply, and Napster is somewhat limited in the cash dept. I am sure that the RIAA would love to butt heads with the AOL's, the Earthlink's, @home, and the such. That is just more money that they can seek for licensing the copyrighted materials.

    I think the only thing that can save Napster from the RIAA boogeyman is a sympathetic Supreme Court.