On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 01:47:35PM -0400, Tim May wrote:
>
> Digression on "rent-seeking behavior." In an effort to stave off
> corporate extinction, the loss of all of their IPO dreams, and the
> laying-off of their employees, Napster will probably "cut a deal"
> with the RIAA.
They're already working on it: there was an article
in the SJ Merc a couple days ago about a deal between
Napster and Liquid Audio, to create some sort of
RIAA-acceptable system using Liquid Audio's
watermarking technology.
I agree with you, Napster is going to try to switch their
user base to a for-pay model.
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