Dr. Dre Settles With Napster

[Sir Hambone]

Dr. Dre has reached a settlement with the now shut down file swapping service, Napster. According to the terms of the settlement, Napster agrees to identify and block access to files that Dr, Dre does not want to allow users to share. On his part, Dr. Dre has agreed to make certain of his material available from time to time once an acceptable model is in place that ensures payment to artists and publishers for the uses of their works. "I work hard making music -- that's how I earn a living," Dre said. "Now that Napster's agreed to respect that, I don't have any beef with them."

A judge ordered Napster to halt all trading and remain shut down until they could implement the technology they have to identify songs. Napsters CEO Hank Barry said "The Judge issued an order prohibiting Napster from enabling file transfers unless Napster reaches 100% success. The Court delegated to the technical expert further examination and testing of the Napster system."

While Napster fights to stay alive, other file trading services such as Audiogalaxy and Gnutella continue to thrive and offer users an alternative to Napster.

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YEH I POSTED THIS A FEW DAYS AGO, ITS A LITTLE WAY DOWN 'DRE SETTLES'

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