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Title: VC Hummer Winblad sued over Napster invstmt
Post by: JimH on April 23, 2003, 05:32:48 am

Two major record labels filed suit Monday against venture capital firm Hummer Winblad Venture Partners for its investment in Napster, alleging that it contributed to rampant music theft through the former file-swapping network.

Universal Music Group and EMI Recorded Music filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against San Francisco-based Hummer Winblad, its cofounder John Hummer and general partner Hank Barry, who was formerly the CEO at Napster.

Full article is here:
http://news.com.com/2100-1027-997860.html?tag=fd_top

Title: Re: VC Hummer Winblad sued over Napster invstmt
Post by: Harry_The_Hipster on April 23, 2003, 06:01:58 am

At the same time, they're putting colleges on notice of possible contributory infringement, and suing college kids for file-sharing:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/23/national/23STUD.html

Wonder if the dinosaurs behaved the same way after the meteor hit the Yucatan?

(http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/Archives/dinoDisplay/dinosaurs.gif)

HTH

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