Eternity keeps trying to reinvent itself... Cheers, RAH --- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "fast" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: IP: At a secret location, British internet pirates are plotting to bring down the world music business Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 15:52:37 -0400 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "James J. O'Donnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dave Farber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.independent.co.uk/news/Digital/Update/2000-06/mp3020600.shtml > > At a secret location, British internet pirates are plotting to bring down the world music business By Charles Arthur, Technology Editor 2 June 2000 A renegade team of British programmers has begun a project that could destroy the music business. They aim to develop a program to let millions of internet users swap MP3 music files without detection, undermining the industry's financial base. The two-man team in their project called "Metallicster", are trying to write a program building on the success of the "Napster" software, developed by a company of the same name in San Mateo, California. The Napster software is used by millions of people around the world to swap MP3 music files. --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
