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The O'Reilly Network: openp2p.com Code + Law: An Interview with Lawrence Lessig
"I think that when these cases eventually work their way to the Supreme Court (if the companies that are being sued are around long enough to push them to the Supreme Court), the court will actually restore balance to this discussion in a way that will help protect innovation in the space. But now the real danger is that the recording industry has succeeded in its objective, which as Hillary Rosen (president and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America) said, is to guarantee that no venture capitalist invests money in new modes of distribution unless Hollywood signs off. Well, that's to reinforce an old model of creativity that I think the Internet has the opportunity to destroy."

News.Com Napster gains another powerful ally
"Joel Klein, the former antitrust chief for the Justice Department, on Wednesday was named chairman and chief executive of the U.S. division of German media giant Bertelsmann. In his new job, Klein will help Bertelsmann fulfill its plans for keeping Napster the leader of music sharing on the Internet as it prepares to unveil a subscription service."

ZDNet Guerilla tactics will win music war
"Consensus within the Internet industry suggests these guerrilla tactics will prove too much for the litigious RIAA. Jon Davis, founder of online music site iCrunch.com says dealing with thousands of online hackers creating decentralised sharing utilities will end in defeat, even for the Big Five."

"Clarke agrees and suggests the music industry rethink its tactics. "Gnutella would be very hard to shut down," he says. "I basically think that this can't be stopped and that eventually people are going to have to change the way they think about intellectual property.""

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