Napster Calls MusicNet Monopolistic; Judge Agrees

[Warren Togami]

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/11/1517230
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011010/tc/napster_lawsuit_1.html

"Yahoo is carrying an article from the AP about a development in ongoing
Napster litigation. Several major labels and RealNetworks formed MusicNet.
Napster complained about an anti-competitive clause in the contract they
signed with MusicNet, and Marilyn Hall Patel, best known to this community
for her stern condemnation of Napster, agreed, stating that MusicNet had all
the hallmarks of an anticompetitive business. The article goes on to state
that, "If the recording industry was found to have misused its copyrighted
material, it might not be able to successfully pursue an infringement claim
on those works."