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Entertainment & Sports

Sep. 2, 2009

The Downlow on Legal Downloads

For companies to make online file-sharing legal and successful, some changes will have to be made, writes Ronald S. Rosen.

By Ronald S. Rosen

After ceasing operations, Napster, using its pioneering name and logo, is back in business as a law-abiding, file-sharing service, and, in 2006, was acquired by Best Buy. This new Napster has a sophisticated business plan that includes a smorgasbord of choices where the user pays $5per month for the right to five unrestricted MP3 downloads and unlimited access to Napster's music-on-demand streaming service. Additional advantages are...

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