Recording artists and online music executives testified before a Senate panel about digital music copyrights. Find excerpts from the day.
News channel takes a closer look at the controversy surrounding Napster, and offers news, legal documents, analysis and bios of key players.
Follow an interview Boies, the attorney defending Napster against copyright infringement claims.
Supporters of this popular file sharing software post arguments for keeping the breadth of its services open and legal.
Michael Singer reports on Napster's acquisition of Gigabeat in an attempt to improve their musical search and file identification technologies.
Carol King reports on the academic world's scramble to avoid a legal nightmare as students continue to use university networks to download MP3s.
Keep up with the dispute between Metallica and Napster. Features news, links and opinions.
Covers the attempts by these two artists to protect their music from being downloaded through the popular MP3 software program.
Metallica fans can find news and tour information, as well as profiles of each band member. Includes a forum and a fan store.
Find out why Ted Nugent is being allowed in the halls of Congress in this article about Senate hearings about Napster and its legal implications.
Despite making peace with the RIAA, Robert Menta reports that Napster still faces headaches, in the form of 60,000 independent musicians.
Diebold Deutschland GmbH offers his five hypotheses regarding the future of the record industry in the digital age.
Sounni de Fontenay reports that the RIAA may have won the battle against Napster, but are in danger of losing the war against downloadable music.
Peter Spellman responds to Diebold's "Five Hypotheses," regarding the fate of the recording industry in the post-Napster era.
Margee Fagleson reports on the fallout from the US Circuit Court's decision against Napster and attempts to discern what they future may hold.
Before downloading MP3s through Napster, or anywhere else for that matter, read this statement detailing related legal issues.
Visit this pro-Napster resource and follow the trial in California, contribute to message boards and polls, and download new material.
Examines the threat of Napster and Gnutella to network bandwidth and proposes a responsible-use policy for users and networks.
Jeffrey Kosseff steps away from the major-label battle with Napster to find out how emerging local musicians feel about free downloadable music.
Includes streaming video and quotes from musicians, students and lawyers concerning the RIAA lawsuit against Napster.
Tom Spring reports that the Dutch company FastTrack has unleashed file-sharing software to replace the embattled Napster.
Article summarizes a report by PC Data Online which claims that Napster users decrease their spending on CDs over time.
Christina Saraceno reports on federal Judge Marilyn Hall Patel's temporary injunction issued against the popular MP3 file-sharing software site.
Find out why a three-judge panel reversed Judge Marilyn Patel's ruling that Napster must remain offline until it can guarantee a 100 percent effective filtering system.
Offers an update on the heavy metal band's ongoing battle to protect copyrighted material from being downloaded through Napster.
Andrew Dansby reports that Dr. Dre and Metallica have dropped their copyright infringement lawsuits against file sharing company Napster.
David Kushner's "The Digital Beat" rips Napster's seemingly desperate attempt to portray itself as a noble idea worth fighting for.
David Kushner places Napster in the spirit of previous rock and roll revolutionaries, as it flounders under legal problems and financial worries.
David Kushner questions the viability of Napster's proposal to offer an all-you-can-download subscription service.
Examine the process by which music albums, particular pre-released material, makes its why onto Napster servers. CD price hikes are predicted.
Scott Rosenberg examines the psychology and the business of nationwide law-breaking, as 20 million Americans download free MP3s.
Provides the transcript of Courtney Love's speech at the Digital Hollywood online entertainment conference, in which she discusses Napster.
Ten percent of the Napster users named by Metallica in a copyright infringement suit are legally protesting being banned from using the service.
Find out how Napster has used the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to protect its users from being blocked.
Article reports that the Recording Industry Association of America won the first battle against Napster, but the war isn't over yet.
Scott Rosenberg argues in this July 27, 2000, editorial that the RIAA's victory over Napster may backfire in the long run.
Meta Wagner touts the joys of being a rebel in this editorial proposing that Napster be shut down just to keep alive the thrill of downloading.
Scott Rosenberg argues that, in shutting down Napster, the recording industry has only caused music lovers to turn to less easily monitored alternatives.
Scott Rosenberg paints the RIAA's crusade against Napster as a PR nightmare and wonders if they will be able to win back alienated music fans.
Check out photos taken outside the San Francisco courthouse following a federal judge's issuance of a temporary injunction against Napster.
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich offers his views on Napster and other sources of free downloadable music in this interview with Alan Saracevic.
Benny Evangelista evaluates FastTrack's Morpheus file sharing software and find advantages over both Napster and Gnutella, as well as a new recording industry headache.
Find out where those in the know will be going to download free MP3s following a court-enforced shutdown of Napster. Includes a discussion forum.
Read an Associated Press story detailing the last-minute reprieve for the embattled MP3 file-sharing software site.
Jefferson Graham checks in with CEO Hank Barry to find that, despite content filtering and a subscription plan, Napster is still breathing.
Mike Snider checks in with both the consumers and the producers of music for their opinions on the appeals court ruling against Napster.
Find out why a shut-down may be the least of Napster's concerns, as the federal ruling opens the company to staggering statutory fines.
Brad King does tries to divine the future of the MP3 file sharing service following the formation of an alliance with industry giant BMG.
Brad King takes a look into his crystal ball to reveal what the future holds for the partnership of Napster and the Bertelsmann Music Group.
Lee Gomes dissects the MP3-sharing software firm's legal arguments and discovers that it fails to practice what it preaches.
Read a profile of the well-travelled and fantastically successful lawyer charged with saving Napster from being shut down by the RIAA.
Lisa M. Bowman reports from New York's annual CMJ Music Marathon about the pervasive presence of talk about Napster and MP3 technology.
Read about the schedule set by a federal appeals court for the much-publicized case brought against Napster.com by the RIAA.
In addition to news of the legal proceedings, find polls, editorials and a library of Napster and MP3 resources on the Web.
John Borland reports on the first glimpses of the Napster file-swapping community in the wake of its legal battles and its alliance with BMG.
Jim Hu outlines the tangle of technological and financial headaches surrounding Napster's proposed subscription service.
View on Napster usage indicates that peer-to-peer file sharing will continually circumvent legal pitfalls and cause CD prices to eventually drop.
Charles Cooper offers an update from the RIAA's case against Napster, in which Napster lawyers have argued that the case be thrown out entirely.
Now that Napster has been defeated, Lee Gomes of the Wall Street Journal reports that the RIAA is now after clones and peer-to-peer networks.
Lisa Bowman reports on a study by Jupiter Communications suggesting that Napster is helping, rather than harming, the recording industry.
Find out why the days of free MP3 sharing through Napster are numbered following their landmark agreement with the Bertelsmann Music Group.
Read a guest editorial by Dan Duncan drawing parallels between file-sharing networks such as Napster and the public library system.
Reader Rolfe LaLiberte presents an editorial regarding the stance of the Recording Industry Association of America in response to Napster.com.