February 15, 2001
Salon: Who's leeching who?
Scott Rosenberg. Music companies, the court has ruled, have the legal right to sit on their copyrights and demand that the world stop changing around them. But that won't win them any friends as they try to turn Napster devotees into paying consumers...
Dan Gillmor: P2P's Promise, and Peril.
In that world, every client -- that is, every PC and other device connected to the Net -- should also be a server. Lots of people are working on this, but a Menlo Park startup called KnowNow has figured out something that just might set off a new Net revolution.
Wired News: 'Napster' Networks Have No Peers.
Attendees chirped about a fundamental change in the organization of the Internet, away from today's broadcast-like network of servers, portals and browsers, toward an interactive PC-to-PC exchange, like Napster, instant messaging and distributed computing.
Wired News: Amazon Loses Patent Suit Round.
Amazon.com thought it had a leg up on the competition a couple of years ago when it patented its popular '1-Click' shopping system. But now, a federal appeals court is casting doubt on whether the patent is as broad as Amazon believed it to be.
Interactive Week: MS Brewing A 'HailStorm' To Battle AOL.
But privately, Microsoft is pushing equally hard, if not harder, to sell developers on an upcoming set of Web services building blocks code-named Hailstorm that could be used as part of a new offensive against America Online and its dominance in instant messaging.
SJ Mercury: Search results becoming more commercial.
But while GoTo may be the most blatant purveyor of pay-for-placement, search sites such as those at Yahoo, AOL, MSN, AltaVista, NBCi and even the librarians' beloved Google are increasingly including at least a few Web sites, often prominently featured, that paid to be there.
Inside: Time.com Closes a Message Board After Anti-Semitic Comments Are Posted.
The decision to pull the board down sparked a newsroom discussion over free speech on the boards. ''There are some people who think, 'To hell with it, let's take 'em down,' '' says Stengel. ''And there are some who feel this is a real First Amendment issue."
Media Guardian: EU follows British lead on music piracy.
In a vote that attracted ferocious lobbying from all sides, MEPs approved a copyright directive that will ensure European clones of Napster can be swiftly shut down through legal action. But they rejected calls from the music industry to outlaw reasonable private copying for personal use...
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