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Napster Legal Battle Reaches from Beyond the Grave

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the yes-that-napster dept.

neelm writes "The EFF is reporting that EMI and Universal Music Group may have been caught lying to the Department of Justice in the 2001 antitrust investigation involving MusicNet, and pressplay. The 2001 investigation found no evidence of illegal efforts to monopolize digital music distribution, but new evidence presented by Hummer Winblad and Bertelsman ("original napster" investors) in their on-going defense from the RIAA suggests otherwise. The judge ruled that the documents to be turned over were not protected by attorney-client privilege because '[the court] finds reasonable cause to believe that the attorney's services were utilized in furtherance of the ongoing unlawful scheme.'"

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  1. The RIAA might be lying? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whoa. The RIAA might be lying. Let me sit down a minute and get my bearings.... This is pretty shocking. Give me a paper bag so I don't hyperventilate.

  2. Napster: Beyond the Grave by ettlz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah, it's the old "tunnelling over a PPP connection on a Ouija board" trick.

  3. Re:Excellent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    I know it is unpopular to have "morals" these days, but please get a grip. Even if these guys conspired to rip off music consumers, they do not deserve to be raped.

    You're correct of course. Tarring, feathering setting on fire and hanging is the appropriate punishment.

    By the way, which label do you work for?

  4. Re:Excellent-Coming out of the closet. by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    What's with geeks and "pound me in the ass"?

    It's from the movie "Office Space". Sorry, but your fantasies about anal sex with geeks will have to go unfulfilled.

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    Trolling is a art,
  5. Hummer Winblad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    sounds like a Douglas Adams character