Rush is on to grab songs in wake of Napster ruling

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Redwood City, Calif.-based Napster Inc. has been ordered to shut down its online music trading service by a U.S. federal judge. The ruling is expected to prompt a stampede to other Web-based music sites, such as Los Angeles, Calif.-based Scour.com, which offer similar services.

Legal issues & crime, On-Line Information Services, Telegraph & other communications, Videotex & Teletext Svcs NEC, Management, Cases, Online services, Internet services, Online information services, Scour Inc.

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Bertelsmann joins with Napster

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Redwood City, Calif.-based Napster Inc. and Germany's Bertelsmann AG have formed a partnership to rescue the embattled online music exchange company. Napster, which is fighting copyright infringement lawsuits, will create a membership-based music distribution service.

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING, Alliances, partnerships, Printing & Publishing, Publishing industry, Contracts, Bertelsmann AG

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