Universities Mull Official Role In Music Distribution

Posted by timothy on Saturday August 2, 2003 @08:20AM from the odd-business-for-them-to-be-in dept.

An anonymous reader writes "News.com.com is reporting that Universities are considering ways to bring legal Internet jukeboxes to dorm rooms, including entering deals with commercial service providers that would see online music charges included alongside tuition fees or picked up by the schools themselves." Reader ajkst1 adds that "meetings were held between college representatives, music industry reps, and online music services such as Apple's iTunes Music Store, Pressplay, and Listen.com. The discussion wasn't about why they should do it, but about how they should do it. Per-user licenses or a general fee to students were discussed to make it look like the music was free. I'm broke, so free is good. Paying more to go to school is bad."

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not redundant (not redundant) by sethadam1 · 2003-08-02 08:27 · Score: 0, Offtopic

news.com.com really is the name of the site!

ps. news.com.com really is the name of the site!
Re:RIAA bastards by Tuxinatorium · 2003-08-02 14:45 · Score: 0, Offtopic

You should be fired just for reading this slashdot garbage while you're supposed to be working! Dumbass!

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