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Skype open source? Ain't gonna happen
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| The blogosphere was all a-twitter yesterday
| when rumors surfaced that Skype, the popular
| internet telephony application, would be
| released as open source "in the nearest
| future". It turns out that Skype's plans are
| not so grandiose, and even if they were,
| questions about who owns the code would prevent
| it from happening.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=1493
Open Source 'Napster' Resurrected After 8-Year Dormancy
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| The team says the open source OpenNap 2.0,
| still under development, will ignore
| "copyrighted" music files in an attempt to
| avoid the sort of RIAA scrutiny that shut down
| the original Napster and its open source clone,
| the first OpenNap. They don't seem totally
| clear on how to do this — only that it's worth
| doing because when the first Napster came into
| being, no licensed online source offered a
| comprehensive catalog of music. Given today's
| legitimate online music marketplace, these guys
| think it's time for a non-infringing descendant
| of Napster.
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http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/11/open-source-napster-resurrected/
Recent:
BPI Admits It Screwed Up Over Napster... But Why Should We Trust It Now?
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| Except... that's not true at all. As a recent Harvard study showed, the
| amount of money going into the "music ecosystem" has grown -- tremendously.
| The only thing that's dropping is the sale of plastic discs.
|
| In the meantime, considering BPI and others were so incredibly wrong 10 years
| ago, and they're only willing to admit it now, why is it that they think
| everyone should trust them now -- and that those of us who were actually
| right 10 years ago should still be brushed off as wackos who just want stuff
| for free? Perhaps it's time to start actually listening to those who have
| been pointing out new ways to embrace what consumers want to do with music in
| order to make more money.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090629/1210575405.shtml
Related:
Napster to replace AOL Music Now
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| Napster hired investment bank UBS in September to explore a
| sale. Once synonymous with online music, the company was forced
| to close in July 2001 after a series of legal battles over
| piracy and copyright infringement.
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http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/12/technology/aol_napster.reut/index.htm?...rce=yah
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