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Bertelsmann Settles Again Over Napster

By BetaNews Staff, BetaNews

August 31, 2007, 11:40 AM

German media conglomerate Bertlesman AG has settled yet another lawsuit surrounding its involvement in the original Napster, which brought music sharing into the mainstream. The National Music Publishers' Association alleged that Bertlesman encouraged copyright infringement.

Bertlesman previously settled with Warner Music for $110 million in April, along with EMI and Universal before that. In all cases, Bertlesman admitted no wrongdoing. The company invested in Napster when the service was struggling to stay afloat in 2000 amidst litigation and lack of a revenue model.

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By senserd

edited Sep 4, 2007 - 5:38 AM

Haha, serves them right after their subsidiary (BMG) installed rootkits on their music CDs.

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By frog1981

posted Sep 3, 2007 - 11:08 AM

That's hilarious when a major record company (BMG) has to pay off a huge sum of money to other major labels because of some software application that was started by a college student in his inky-dinky dorm-room!

John
www.gigatribe.com (encrytped file-sharing for friends)

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By evolution76

posted Aug 31, 2007 - 12:18 PM

Napster was the $hit back in the days.........but been download music and other things way before napster!!

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By bourgeoisdude

posted Aug 31, 2007 - 11:44 AM

Whatever happened to "The right to a speedy trial"? Was that amendment repealed or something?

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