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Napster Reprieve

Posted by michael on from the up-up-down-down dept.

camusflage writes: "As if to try to prove that Napster doesn't suck, the 9th Circuit Appeals Court overturned Marilyn Patel's July 11th order that Napster remain down. Now they've got the green light to turn it back on, blocking "only" 99% of copyrighted songs, instead of the full 100% Judge Patel required of them. Full details here."

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  1. No need to post anything here... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4

    I'll save everyone the trouble:

    63 "I don't need Napster, I've got WinMX/AudioGalaxy/Gnutella/etc." posts
    8 "Like it or not: what you're doing is illegal." posts
    38 "Napster was dead a long time ago." posts
    24 "I thought this was supposed to be 'Stuff That Matters'?" posts
    3 "First Posts"
    40 "I hate the recording companies!" posts
    58 "I'm sick of hearing about Napster." posts

    There. Now we can just end this topic and get on with more important things. What's that? Good software takes ten years?...

  2. Who Cares by samael · · Score: 5

    Really, who cares? I've got Gnutella and WinMX and I'm sticking to them.

    Napster's only chance was to get a tidal wave of defence for its actions, and it failed. In its favour, it inspired a lot of people, and its caused a lot people to rethink their beliefs on intellectual property.

    But it's dead and gone now, no point worrying about the corpse.
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    1. Re:Who Cares by wackysootroom · · Score: 5

      Just because it is dead and gone does not lessen its importance in the legal arena one bit. The napster case was basically the turning point and testing ground for the DMCA. The recording industry has too much power, and napster proved it.

  3. heh by British · · Score: 5

    This article's been here for a little over 12 hours, and it only has 18 replies.

    That speaks louder than the comments.