UPDATES to previous LawMeme storiesMusicNet Misuse of Copyright? Napster Saved?:
ZDNet News carries a Wall Street Journal piece on the DOJ's Antitrust Division's look at the music industries' anti-competitive licensing practices (DOJ expands online music probe). The subpoenas are flying, encompassing MusicNet, pressplay and the RIAA. The LA Times also has this story (Antitrust Probe of Music Firms Intensifies).
UPDATE 1337 EDT 15 Oct 2001
EuropeMedia.net reports this story that has to send a shiver down the spine of the recording industry (European Union considers banning internet music services Pressplay and Musicnet).
UPDATE 1025 EDT 16 Oct 2001
The BBC reports on the EU's closer look at the competition issues (EU 'threat' over download sites
). Slashdot discusses (EU May Block Music Labels' Download Sites).
MS and USDOJ Fail in Settlement Talks:
ZDNet News finally reports that the appointed mediator for the Microsoft antitrust case is Eric Green (Judge appoints Microsoft mediator). Eric Green, a law professor from Boston University, specializes in commercial mediation. The Register reports as well (MS-Gov talks fail, mediator appointed).
UPDATE 1021 EDT 16 Oct 2001
The WashTech.com section of the Washington Post runs a profile of Eric Green (U.S. Turns to Tireless Mediator).