Rewired for sound
TALK about a rollercoaster. On July 26th an American judge had the record industry gloating and college students fuming when she issued a preliminary injunction to shut down Napster, the hugely popular online service that lets users swap copyrighted music files in the MP3 format—anonymously and free. Two days later the reactions were reversed when an appeal court unexpectedly stayed the injunction until it can hear the case.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Rewired for sound”
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