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Napster offers $1 billion settlement
if record companies drop lawsuit
by Ron Harris
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -
Napster Inc. offered $1 billion to major
and independent record labels Tuesday
in hopes of getting them to drop a
copyright infringement lawsuit that
threatens to shut down the free Internet
song-swapping service.
Under the proposal, $160 million
would be paid annually for the first five
years to Sony, Warner, BMC, EMI and
Universal, with an additional $50 million
allotted annually for independent labels.
Napster chief executive Hank Barry
said it was important to reach a deal.
“We all ought to sit down and settle
this case as fast as we can,” he said. “Wfe’re
saying this is something consumers
really want. Let’s do something to keep
it going.”
The offer was announced a week
after a federal appeals court said the
music industry almost certainly will win
its lawsuit against the
pioneering digital
entertainment
company.
A three-judge
panel of the 9th US.
Circuit Court of
Appeals ordered FANNING
Napster to stop
millions of users from swapping
copyrighted music without charge or
restriction.
Napster, whose lawyers have said such
action would be virtually impossible, has
vowed to appeal.
Napster has argued it isn’t to blame
for how subscribers use copyrighted
material, citing a 1984 case in which the
Supreme Court refused to hold VCR
manufacturers and videotape retailers
liable for people copying movies.
But the appeals court said no such
protection extends to Napster because
the company knew users were swapping
copyrighted songs. The panel also said
there was evidence of “massive,
unauthorized downloading and
uploading of plaintiffs’ copyrighted works
— as many as 10,000 files per second by
defendant’s own admission.”
Napster’s popularity exploded in 1999
after founder Shawn Fanning released
software that made it easy for personal
computer users to locate and trade songs
stored as computer files in the mp3
format, which compresses digital
recordings without sacrificing quality.
- The five laigest record labels sued as
soon as Napster took off, saying it could
rob them of billions of dollars in profits.
Napster did reach an agreement with
former foe Bertelsmann Inc., the
parent company of the BMG music unit.
The German media giant has promised
much-needed capital if Napster
switches to a subscription-based service
that pays artists’ royalties.
Bertelsmann executives were at the
news conference Tuesday at which the
Napster offer was revealed.
Jon Stewart to take over as Grammy host
by Lynn Elber
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jon Stewart
was almost ready for his close-up as
Grammy host. He just needed to scribble
a few jokes to perform in front of several
million viewers.
The comedian and actor was bravely
stepping in at the last minute to emcee
Wednesday’s awards show after Whoopi
Goldberg canceled because of illness.
Goldberg bowed out several weeks ago,
and Grammy officials delayed naming a
replacement until this past week. They
wanted the controversy over rapper
Eminem’s performance to quiet down a bit
so Stewart would get the attention he
deserved, a Grammy spokeswoman said.
“Yeah, that’s why, they didn’t want
to steal my thunder. Good theory,” said the
reliably sardonic Stewart.
So why did Stewart, host of Comedy
Central’s The Daily Show, agree to take
the job?
“You opening up a new IHOP
restaurant? I’ll be there,” Stewart joked.
“I’m doing it because, quite frankly,
when they blow through so many big show
business names to get to-you, they’re so
distraught, you feel like you’re on a suicide
hot line.”
Though he had little time to write
Grammy material, Stewart seemed unfazed
Tuesday.
“I know what I don’t do to get ready.
They’ve locked my hotel minibar, and they
won’t let me in it. And I told them I just
want the Toblerone candy. I don’t want the
little bottles of (liquor).”
The show, which is airing 8 p.m.
Wednesday on CBS, has a momentum of
its own, Stewart said.
“These are 16 brilliant musical acts.
The chef has baked a delicious cake; I’m
just trying not to get a hair in it.... If you
can get in a couple of funny things and kind
of hold the show together with a nice tone,
then 1 think people will be pleased.”
Eminem is expected to be a central
figure Wednesday. He won two Grammys
this past year, and this year was nominated
for the prestigious album of the year award
and in three rap categories.
Eminem’s planned appearance with
Elton John has drawn criticism from gay
rights groups and others upset by the
controversial rapper’s anti-homosexual and
anti-female lyrics.
“I think they’re sincere about being
upset with that, and they’ve got a right to
be upset. Apparently, some of the stuff
[Eminem] says is incredibly vituperative,”
Stewart said.
The thorny issue won’t keep Stewart
from cracking wise, will it?
“Wait a minute, I’m supposed to be
doing music jokes? There goes my all-star
basketball game junk.”
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What is the Clothesline?
The Clothesline Project provides an
opportunity for female survivors of violence
to paint a t-shirt expressing their inner
sorrows and triumphs. These t-shirts are
then displayed on Greene Street during
Women’s History Month so that others can
bear witness to the survivor’s experience.
T-Shirts are color-coded in order to recognize the uniqueness
of each Clothesline Participant’s violent encounter.
White for those who have died from violence
Yellow for those who have been battered/assaulted
Pink for those who have been sexually assaulted
Blue for survivors of incest or child sexual abuse
Purple for those attacked because of their sexual
orientation
How can I Participate? Students, Staff and Faculty female survivors,
or those wishing to paint a t-shirt on behalf of a loved-one who has been
subjected to violence, are welcome to paint a t-shirt at one of the
on-campus sessions listed below:
X,
Monday,
February 19, 2001
7:00-8:30 p.m.
South Campus:
East Quad
Classroom
Tuesday,
February 20, 2001
7:00.8:30 p,m.
North Campus:
Columbia Hall
Classroom
Centra! Campus:
Sims Classroom
Wednesday
February 21, 2001
7:00*8:30 p.m.
Russell House:
Room 322/326
For more information concerning the Clothesline Project, call USC’s Office for Sexual
Health and Violence Prevention at 777-7619. i
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