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Napster tries new approach
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MAY 8, 2001 Having already lost a number of users, the California company Napster may see more flee its file service with a Monday announcement of new technology designed to weed out unathorized transfers of coyprighted music. The company said it will begin using "digital fingerprint" technology to identify songs by their content. Users had been thwarting federal court orders against trading of copyrighted music by simply altering file names. Get the Story:
New Napster software to track song `fingerprints' (AP 5/7) Relevant Links:
Napster - http://www.napster.com
The Recording Industry Association of America - http://www.riaa.org
OpenNap - http://opennap.sourceforge.net
Rapigator - http://www.rapigator.com
Gnutella - http://gnutella.wego.com Related Stories:
Judge hits Napster progress (4/11)
Company offers Napster workaround (3/12)
Another Napster countdown begins (3/7)
Napster back in court to face shutdown (3/2)
Napster limited by ruling (2/13)
Decision could shut down Napster (2/12)
Appeal saves Napster from shutdown (7/28)
Napster deadline approaching (7/28)
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