Federal Court Nixes Napster's Free Service

dlupyan writes: "A federal appeals court said Monday that Napster Inc. may not resume its free online file-swapping service."

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"free" but not non-profit

[benjamindees]

This is misleading. Everyone thinks that since the service was "free", it was non-profit. Napster profitted from advertising on its website, the only place one could download the Napster client. Thus, it profitted (although indirectly) from enabling people to commit copyright infringement. Although I would adamantly defend an individual's RIGHT to do this, corporations do not have rights. They are subject to laws and punishments such as this, paltry though it is (cease and desist).