IP: Stanford pirate allegedly pirates a pirate (no honor among thieves?)

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 11:35:48 -0800
>From: Jim Warren <jwarren@well.com>
>
>
> From a friend:
>>...
>>Napster seems to sing a different tune when its own property is involved
>>...
>>Napster, which portrays itself as a champion of youth culture and the 
>>Web's freewheeling ways, applies a double standard to intellectual 
>>property, making it cavalier toward other people's, but hyperprotective 
>>of its own.
>>...
>>Some have tried to figure out the workings of Napster's internal 
>>protocols on their own. One of them, David Weekly, a Stanford University 
>>student, put a version of them on his personal Web site. Soon, he 
>>received an electronic message from Napster demanding that he take it down.
>>...
>>"Napster is treating its database as its private property," complains Mr. 
>>Powell. "But it's not Napster's property. It's a list of pirated music."
>>...
>>While they stand to profit handsomely from their stake, not everyone 
>>wants their links to Napster known; one investor pleaded that his 
>>involvement in the company not be revealed, lest the controversy over 
>>Napster hurt his other business deals.
>>
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