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To: limtex who wrote (20298)5/20/2001 5:36:46 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer  Read Replies (1) of 60323
 
Limtex, the court issued a warning to Napster to prevent access to music not covered by some agreement between the publisher or artist and Napster. At first Napster failed to comply with the order, which brought a threat of being prosecuted for contempt. The 90,000 remaining selections are most likely covered by some agreement between Napster and the copyright owners. As for the rest, Napster will simply have to make agreements that satisfy the publishers and copyright holders, or not make the music available.

But this development brings up another point. If you can get 90,000 pieces of music on Napster now, that means a lot of downloading can be done on music players that use the MMC, not the Secure Digital card. Will the Secure Digital card enable people to get any music selection by having their credit card account charged a nominal fee for each selection? Or will the MMC suffice after services like Napster have made enough agreements with the publishers?

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