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10 August 2006 - preparing to start
a new school year...
Napster enrollment
is now open again for the upcoming academic year, and now it's
easier than ever to sign up!
New members can
login to myGCC and signup anytime
using the Napster portlet (located on the Student tab).
For an amazingly
affordable one-time annual cost of $25, students can get a full
twelve months of this music service.
If you're not a member yet, join
today!
20 January 2006 - a "moment" for
Napster...
Napster
passes half million subscriber milestone
LOS ANGELES, CA —
January 18, 2006 - Napster (NASDAQ: NAPS), the biggest brand in
digital music, announced today that the number of premium paid
subscribers enjoying its award-winning digital music subscription
service has this week surpassed 500,000. In addition, there are over
50,000 college students subscribing to the service through Napster’s
leading university program. The company also announced that over the
last year its subscriber base has grown by over 100%.
"Doubling our
subscribers over the last twelve months demonstrates the mass market
potential of our music subscription model and the powerful appeal of
Napster to music fans who want it all," said Chris Gorog, chairman
and CEO of Napster. "With a track record of robust growth, exciting
new development in the pipeline and over $100 million on our balance
sheet, we are extremely excited about the future of Napster."
The company will
provide additional details on its operations and performance during
its third quarter earnings call, scheduled for February 8th, 2006.
About Napster
Napster, the biggest brand in digital music, is a subscription
service that enables fans to freely sample the world’s largest and
most diverse online collection of music and move an unlimited amount
of songs to compatible portable audio players. Napster (www.napster.com)
members have access to songs from the major labels and hundreds of
independents and have more ways to discover, share and acquire new
music and old favorites with community features like the ability to
email tracks to friends and browse other members' collections.
Napster also offers Napster Light, a "lighter" version of the
service for those who just want to purchase songs and albums a la
carte. Napster is now available in the United States, Canada,
Germany and the U.K. and is headquartered in Los Angeles with
offices in New York, London, Frankfurt and Tokyo.
Safe Harbor
Statement Except for historical information, the matters discussed
in this press release, in particular matters related to the growth
of the Napster service are forward-looking statements that are
subject to certain risks and uncertainties such as decreased demand
for our products and services; flaws inherent in our products or
services; failure of our products to interoperate with the hardware
products of our customers, intense competition; failure to maintain
relationships with strategic partners and content providers, and
general economic conditions, that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those projected. Additional information on
these and other factors are contained in Napster’s reports filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as filed with the SEC on
November 2, 2005, copies of which are available at the website
maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. Napster assumes no
obligation to update the forward-looking statements included in this
press release.
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Copyright © 2006
Napster, LLC. All rights reserved. Napster and Napster Light are
either trademarks or registered trademarks of Napster, Inc. or its
subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. All other
trademarks are owned by their respective owners.
21 November 2005 - get ready, XM
subscribers...
XM + Napster
launches beta version
XM + Napster
Integrated Music Service Combines Napster's Vast Library And XM's
World-Class Programming At napster.xmradio.com
LOS ANGELES and
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 21, 2005 - Napster® (NASDAQ: NAPS) and XM
Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: XMSR) today announced that a beta version
of their innovative XM + Napster integrated music service is now
available to XM's five-million-plus subscribers at
napster.xmradio.com.
XM + Napster is the
first online service to provide a single interface for accessing,
purchasing, and downloading music heard on XM, the nation's leading
satellite radio company, from Napster, the biggest brand in digital
music. XM + Napster also lets XM subscribers create playlists with
music tracks from their entire digital music collection.
XM + Napster allows
XM subscribers to listen to more than 70 XM music channels on the XM
Radio Online service and access Napster's massive catalog for
on-demand listening, purchasing, and downloading. The service
seamlessly links XM subscribers to Napster to instantly find songs
played live on XM by its world-class DJs, get in-depth information
about artists, and discover new music and old favorites through
customized music recommendations provided by Napster's professional
music programmers.
"XM + Napster takes
XM to a new level in terms of exposing people to music and enabling
them to buy the music," said Hugh Panero, President and CEO of XM
Satellite Radio. "It takes the promotional impact of radio and puts
it on steroids. XM + Napster greatly enhances the discovery aspect
of XM by letting people instantly purchase and download the music
they hear on XM Radio Online from Napster's catalog, dig deeper into
artists' digital music collections and use Napster's programming
expertise to discover related artists and genres. It's a 360-degree
music experience."
"XM + Napster
brings two best-of-class brands together for the most comprehensive,
flexible digital music experience possible," said Chris Gorog,
Napster's chairman and CEO. "We are proud to once again be leading
the industry in innovation by merging on-line music with satellite
radio."
XM + Napster will
be the exclusive digital music downloading service for XM
subscribers. The co-branded service is part of a long-term,
strategic partnership between Napster and XM and will be marketed by
both companies.
Songs and albums
purchased from XM + Napster can be played on a variety of portable
MP3 players available now. Upcoming XM/MP3 players will let
subscribers listen to XM live when the players are docked in the car
or at home, mark the titles of songs played on XM for easy reference
in XM + Napster, and store content for a completely portable
listening experience.
27 July 2005 - XM + Napster
Announced!
XM Satellite
Radio and Napster partner to launch "XM + Napster" integrated music
service
Flexible Digital
Music Platform Designed For All Mobile Carriers, Handsets from
Multiple Manufacturers and PC Interoperability
LOS ANGELES and
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 27, 2005 - Napster (NASDAQ: NAPS), the biggest
brand in digital music, and XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: XMSR), the
nation's leading satellite radio company, today announced a
long-term, strategic partnership that will take the digital music
experience to new heights with the integration of their satellite
radio and online music services for listening online and on a
variety of MP3 players.
The collaboration
will debut with the launch of "XM + Napster," the first online
service to provide a single interface for accessing, purchasing, and
managing music from XM and Napster. "XM + Napster" will be the
exclusive, integrated service for digital music subscriptions and
downloading for XM's 4.4 million-plus subscribers. XM subscribers
will be able to dive deeper into the catalog of artists they enjoy
and discover new music via "XM + Napster."
The co-branded "XM
+ Napster" service will be marketed by XM and Napster, and launched
in the fourth quarter of 2005 in conjunction with the availability
of new XM/MP3 players with XM's Connect and Play technology, which
will give XM subscribers the ability to listen to XM's 150-plus
channels of live programming on the player, in the car or at home,
store songs in the player's memory, and mark the songs they like for
future reference or online purchase.
When the XM/MP3
player is connected to a PC, the "XM + Napster" service will match
the marked XM song titles with Napster's massive music catalog;
available songs can be purchased individually for on-demand
listening and transferred to the player for a completely portable
experience. The "XM + Napster" service will also enable XM
subscribers to manage their entire digital music collection in one
location, giving them the freedom to create playlists that contain
music from a variety of sources.
In addition, the
"XM + Napster" service will allow XM subscribers who listen to XM
Radio Online, the Internet radio service that offers more than 70 XM
music channels, to listen to music they hear on XM and purchase
music for transfer to a variety of compatible MP3 players.
"XM + Napster" lets
XM subscribers enjoy unparalleled flexibility. XM Satellite Radio
allows subscribers to discover new music and rediscover favorites,
and the "XM + Napster" service gives them access to Napster's
massive catalog for on-demand listening. XM subscribers can pay a
monthly subscription fee for unlimited Napster tracks or they can
purchase individual songs.
"The combination of
the 'XM+ Napster' service with new XM/MP3 players will provide XM
subscribers with the ultimate 360-degree music experience," said
Hugh Panero, XM president and CEO. "Today, XM subscribers can
effortlessly discover and listen to any kind of music, and soon they
will be able to effortlessly access, purchase, and manage their
music with 'XM+Napster' and the new XM/MP3 players."
"Napster is excited
to work with XM to create a cutting-edge product that merges the
best of online and satellite music into one great, integrated
experience," said Chris Gorog, Napster's chairman and CEO. "'XM +
Napster' will be nirvana for passionate music fans."
About Napster
Napster, the
biggest brand in digital music, is a subscription service that
enables fans to freely sample the world's largest and most diverse
online collection of music and move an unlimited amount of songs to
compatible MP3 players. Napster (www.napster.com) members have
access to songs from all major labels and hundreds of independents
and have more ways to discover, share and acquire new music and old
favorites with community features like the ability to email tracks
to friends and browse other members' collections. Napster also
offers Napster Light, a "lighter" version of the service for those
who just want to purchase songs and albums a la carte. Napster is
currently available in the United States, Canada and the U.K. and is
headquartered in Los Angeles with sales offices in New York, London
and Frankfurt.
About XM Satellite
Radio
XM is America's
number one satellite radio service with more than 4.4 million
subscribers. Broadcasting live daily from studios in Washington, DC,
New York City and Nashville at the Country Music Hall of Fame, XM's
2005 lineup includes more than 150 digital channels of choice from
coast to coast: commercial-free music channels, premier sports,
talk, comedy, children's and entertainment programming; and advanced
traffic and weather information. XM was named Best Radio Service at
the 2004 Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards.
XM, the leader in
satellite-delivered entertainment and data services for the
automobile market through partnerships with General Motors, Honda,
Toyota, Hyundai, Nissan and Volkswagen/Audi, is available in more
than 120 different vehicle models for 2005. XM's industry-leading
products are available at consumer electronics retailers nationwide.
For more information about XM hardware, programming and
partnerships, please visit http://www.xmradio.com.
Safe Harbor
Statement
The matters
discussed in this press release include forward-looking statements
that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties such as
Napster's interoperability with third party devices, Napster's
reliance on strategic partners, and the risks associated with
product development, that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those projected. Additional information on these and
other factors are contained in Napster's reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on June 13, 2005,
copies of which are available at the website maintained by the SEC
at http://www.sec.gov. Napster assumes no obligation to update the
forward-looking statements included in this press release.
Factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements in this press release include demand for
XM Satellite Radio's service, the Company's dependence on technology
and third party vendors, its potential need for additional
financing, as well as other risks described in XM Satellite Radio
Holdings Inc.'s Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on 3-4-05. Copies of the filing are available upon
request from XM Radio's Investor Relations Department.
###
Copyright © 2005
Napster, LLC. All rights reserved. Napster and Napster Light are
either trademarks or registered trademarks of Napster, Inc. or its
subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries.
Fall Press Release from Napster
University of
California, Cal State University and University of North Carolina
Systems, Brown University, American University, Bentley College,
Grove City College Join Renewing Educational Institutions
Los Angeles, Calif. –
September 15, 2005 – Napster (Nasdaq: NAPS), the biggest brand in
digital music, announced today significant new adoption of its
compelling university-based subscription service initiative.
Originally launched in late 2004 at Penn State and the University of
Rochester, Napster’s program was the first specifically designed to
address the needs of higher education institutions and their
students. By enabling schools to offer students easy access to an
immersive, legal digital music experience, the program facilitates
campus reduction of high bandwidth costs and network security
threats that are often caused by rampant use of illegal peer-to-peer
services.
The University of
California (UC), Cal State University (CSU), and the University of
North Carolina (UNC) have each agreed to allow Napster to offer its
award-winning subscription service across their state-wide systems.
UC has 10 campuses throughout California, including UC Berkeley,
UCLA and UC San Diego, while CSU is comprised of 23 campuses
including Cal State University Northridge and Cal Poly San Luis
Obispo. There are 16 schools in the UNC system, including the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Greensboro, Charlotte
and Pembroke. Brown University, American University, Bentley
College, and Grove City College have also struck agreements with
Napster, as have First Worthing Housing, which provides residential
housing to students nationwide, and Spartan.net Housing at Michigan
State.
“Napster offers the
digital music environment that most closely resembles that of P2P
sites, but also allows collegiate music fans to enjoy on-demand
access to over 1.5 million songs, exclusive video interviews with
their favorite artists and icons and exclusive features like
hand-picked play lists, music blogs and access to albums before
they’re released,” said Aileen Atkins, Napster’s senior vice
president of business affairs and general counsel. “Some campus’
student bodies have actually approached us and requested that we
offer the Napster service at their schools, which we find especially
gratifying and consider a true validation of our subscription
service model.”
Napster’s place on
campus is not confined to dorm room PCs and MP3 players. This fall
Penn State is offering a course called “The Popular Arts in
American: Popular Music,” which examines the roots, development and
significance of American Popular music (blues, jazz, gospel,
country, pop, rock ‘n roll) in our culture and will utilize
Napster’s subscription offering to streamline the class’ music
syllabus and facilitate students learning. Course professor William
Kelly tested and developed the unique concept last year and now has
over 1,000 students engaged in the online course which is only made
possible by the diverse, engrossing music experience Napster’s
subscription service provides.
“Utilizing Napster
to teach Penn State’s Popular Music class provides a library of
musical information and a mechanism for discovery that students can
access anytime and revisit at will,” said Penn State professor
William J. Kelly. “I can’t think of any environment that is less
hospitable to experiencing music than a big, cavernous classroom,
but the Napster service allows my students to dig into gospel or
Gershwin, Elvis, or the blues in exactly the same way they would
listen to songs in their everyday lives.”
Several schools
conducted their own student surveys and tests before choosing to
implement Napster. Students at two schools reviewed competing
digital music services and ultimately chose Napster’s subscription
service model to be offered campus-wide instead of Ruckus, which was
previously offered to students. Napster has worked with each
institution partner to create a program that fits its needs as well
as the needs of its student body, and its recent partnership with
Dell affords administrators the option to easily incorporate Dell
PowerEdge servers into their digital music programs to maximize
bandwidth efficiency. Each school will offer Napster’s subscription
service, featuring unlimited streaming and hard drive downloading
from the world’s largest digital music library, as well as access to
interactive, commercial-free radio stations and five decades of
Billboard’s historic chart information. Napster gives university
students the opportunity to be part of an online community of music
lovers who can send tracks to friends, share play lists and look at
each other’s Napster music collections in a safe, legal environment.
Students can purchase music to burn to CD or transfer to over 75
compatible portable devices for 99 cents per song or as little as
$6.95 per album and can upgrade to Napster To Go, Napster’s portable
subscription service, to enjoy unlimited transfer of music to a
compatible MP3 player for one monthly fee.
About Napster
Napster, the biggest brand in digital music, is a subscription
service that enables fans to freely sample the world’s largest and
most diverse online collection of music and move an unlimited amount
of songs to compatible MP3 players. Napster (www.napster.com)
members have access to songs from all major labels and hundreds of
independents and have more ways to discover, share and acquire new
music and old favorites with community features like the ability to
email tracks to friends and browse other members' collections.
Napster also offers Napster Light, a "lighter" version of the
service for those who just want to purchase songs and albums a la
carte. Napster is currently available in the United States, Canada
and the U.K. and is headquartered in Los Angeles with sales offices
in New York, London and Frankfurt.
###
Copyright © 2005
Napster, LLC. All rights reserved. Napster and Napster Light are
either trademarks or registered trademarks of Napster, Inc. or its
subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries.
14 November 2005 - That's right: even more
prize winners!
On November 10th,
Grove City College held its second random electronic drawing.
Over 100 students
received the good news that they won prizes in this surprise Napster
drawing.
Each winner
received a Napster beanie, sticker and beverage koozie.
A complete list of names and more
details are available on the sweepstakes
page.
26 October 2005 - Napster v3.5 Released!
On October 26th,
Napster publicly released version 3.5.2.0 of its software.
This upgrade has a
new look and feel, as well as some welcomed enhancements.
A few features
include: revised navigation, improved playlist creation, advanced
music discovery tools, personalized music recommendations, and
integration with XM Radio Online (requires an XM Satellite Radio
Account)! To
obtain this client upgrade, members should login to Napster on their
computers and choose My Account >> Update Napster.
Alternatively, version 3.5 may be
downloaded from this
site or from
www.napster.com.
3 October 2005 - ITS conducts its first
Napster Sweepstakes!
"Congratulations...
you're a winner!"
Met with these
exciting words, 75 Grovers received the good news via e-mail on
October 3rd that they were selected as Napster prize winners.
A random electronic
drawing was conducted on October 3rd by Information Technology
Services. All students enrolled in the Napster service were
eligible.
Each winner
received a Napster t-shirt, sticker and stuffed toy. See more
on the sweepstakes page.
2 September 2005 - Get it today...
After last year’s crackdown on illegal file sharing, Grove City
College teamed with Napster to allow students to download music
legally on their computers.
More than 400 students pre-enrolled for the program during the
summer. Information Technology Services anticipates more than
1,000 student participants this year.
Faculty and staff also subscribed at the discounted price. The
program is available to all students for $20 per academic year,
or less than $2 per month.
Participants can listen to commercial-free radio and customized
playlists, as well as download music to keep on their computers
while working offline.
They may also choose to purchase songs for $0.99 each to burn to
a CD or keep the songs indefinitely on their hard drives. An
entire CD can be downloaded for $9.95.
Napster-to-Go, available for an additional $5 per month, allows
students to download songs on their MP3 players.
During the summer students cannot download new music, but they
will still be able to purchase tracks and listen to previously
downloaded songs.
The College started investigating Napster last fall when the
music department wanted to offer a digital library in classical
and jazz music.
“The intent of the Napster program didn’t come out of all the
hubbub when I got really frustrated with DC++ last year,” Said
Chief Information Officer Dr. Vincent DiStasi
‘88. “[Napster] just blows DC++ out of the water.”
The College signed the agreement with Napster in April 2005 and
students began downloading once they arrived on campus last
weekend.
About 1.5 million songs are currently offered.
“The cost as an academic resource was a no-brainer,” DiStasi
said. “You can’t buy textbooks for $20 a year, but the service
offered us that.” In addition to Grove City, 18 college
campuses signed on to the Napster service, including Cornell
University and the Pennsylvania State University.
“I felt very strongly that as an educational institution our job
is to teach students how to come up with intellectual property
so they can make a contribution to society,” DiStasi said. “That
intellectual property needs to be protected.” The board approved
Napster as a voluntary program so it would not be included in
tuition fees. “It’s
convenient to use. It’s easy to use. It’s cheap to use, and
there are no legal ramifications,” DiStasi said.
DiStasi contrasted Napster with illegal peer-to-peer software,
noting how this new service offers students clear consciences.
“As a Christian institution, the idea of stealing
really didn’t sit well with me because that’s basically what
you’re doing [when using the other programs],” DiStasi said.
With Napster “there’s no moral issue.”
Some students expressed concern over the practicality of the new
program when there are still ways to share files illegally.
Sophomore Josh Hutton said he thinks the program will be a good
contribution to the campus. “The new system is a really good
idea,” Hutton said. “It allows the students
to get any type of music they want at a halfway decent price.”
A self-proclaimed musician and singer, Hutton believes it
“shouldn’t matter how people get their music just as long as
they listen to it.”
But he added, “Napster and Grove City have made a deal that
pretty much can’t be beat.” DiStasi recognizes that illegal file
sharing will still happen on campus. “With 2,300 students, not
all of them are going to agree with you,” he said. Still, he
voiced hopes that the majority will take a positive stand.
Napster plans to sponsor a student through SGA to promote the
program at student events.
“We don’t think we’ll have any problem selling the service,”
DiStasi said.
During the Labor Day weekend, Napster will offer unlimited
access to its premium service for those who don’t know yet
whether they wish to participate.
Anyone interested but not yet enrolled in the service should go
to the College’s Napster website, which is easily accessible
from
myGCC.
26 August 2005 - Napster arrives on the
GCC campus!
They've been
signing up all summer long. Now let the fun begin!
Almost 400 students
pre-enrolled in the Napster service this summer, anticipating its
release at the start of the Fall 2005 semester. More are expected to enroll once
everyone is back on
campus.
Also, many music
majors and those registered for the courses which plan to use the
Napster service will soon be joining the ranks.
The number of GCC
student participants is expected to surpass 1,000 once word gets
around and people realize what a deal it is.
Napster
representatives will also be advertising on campus, and the
marketing materials may provide extra enticement to sign up.
Students who signed
up over the summer will receive their promo codes via e-mail.
Anyone eligible who has not yet signed up may do so electronically
today by going to the Napster
signup page.
8 April 2005 - Grove City College signs
Napster contract
Grove City College announced
Tuesday that the school has entered an agreement with Napster to
allow students unlimited music downloads for $10 per semester
beginning August 20.
The new program is designed to
“help individuals respect intellectual property by providing a
legal service for the enjoyment of music,” according to Dr.
Vincent F. DiStasi, the College’s Chief Information Officer.
Many institutions have similar
programs. Penn State University, Cornell University, George
Washington University, Middlebury College, the University of
Miami, the University of Southern California and Wright State
University all inked agreements with Napster last summer.
“There are three different ways
to play music. You can stream it like a radio. You can download
a track that you want, or you can buy tracks or CDs outright,”
DiStasi said.
DiStasi recommends students
download songs because streaming limits bandwidth.
Most of Napster’s one million
songs will be free to download. It will cost $0.99 to purchase
burnable tracks.
When students download songs,
they will not be able to burn those tracks to CD or put them on
mobile devices such as MP3 players.
Napster offers a mobile-device
service, “Napster To Go,” which
students can purchase for an additional $5 per month.
“You don’t have to be connected
to the network to play music you’ve downloaded,” DiStasi said.
“Every once in a while you’ll need to reconnect to Napster to
refresh the digital
rights
management, DRM.”
He continued, “If you want to
share with your friends who have also signed up for Napster, you
really end up sharing the play list. When they play it, it
doesn’t play off your machine. It plays off the Napster
network.”
Napster features genre searches,
search by artist, album, track, member, library, Billboard lists
and content blocking.
“Napster clearly identifies which
songs are explicit,” DiStasi said. Students can remove explicit
songs from searches and add parental controls to avoid hearing
explicit music.
Students can also keep previously
downloaded songs during summer.
Unlimited downloads allow those
who reload their computers to easily reclaim lost music.
DiStasi began researching Napster
for students in June 2004.
He examined four programs:
Napster, Ruckus, Cdigix and
Rhapsody.
DiStasi, who serves as a liaison
to the Trustees’ Library and Technology Committee, presented
Napster to the committee’s board in January.
After recommendation by the
Library and Technology Committee, a contract with Napster was
approved at the February Finance and Audit Committee meeting
since the decision has financial and budget implications. The
Committee agreed to offer Napster to students on a voluntary
basis.
DiStasi cites several reasons why
the campus should reject illegal file sharing.
“As an educational institution we
need to defend intellectual property because it is basically all
that we have,” DiStasi said. “Secondly, as a Christian
educational institution, it’s obviously unethical to steal, and
that’s basically what [file sharing is] doing.”
DiStasi detailed the concept of
fair use to explain why downloading and sharing copyrighted
material using peer-to-peer programs violate state and federal
law.
“Many people don’t understand the
difference between licensing something and owning something. The
only people that own the music are companies and authors.
When you buy a CD, you buy a
license to use the music, but you don’t own the music itself,”
DiStasi said. When someone shares music on a peer-to-peer
network, “he is broadcasting that music like a radio station.
Radio stations need licenses [and] pay huge fees for the rights
to broadcast music,” added DiStasi.
Information Technology Services
will announce a Napster registration date soon.
Registration will continue until
the beginning of fall semester. Incoming freshmen can also
participate. For those who sign up for Napster, the
non-refundable $10-per-semester fee will appear on their tuition
bills each semester.
25 March 2004 - a note
from GCC's president on copyright infringement, etc.
Thursday March 25,
2004
Dear College Family:
Over the last few years the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) have stepped up
their enforcement of copyright due to the growing use of
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) software (Napster, Direct Connect (DC++) and
KaZaa) to distribute copyrighted movies and recordings. Although
P2P technology has legitimate uses, many use it primarily as a means
of copying commercial music and videos for personal enjoyment. The
distribution of copyrighted material is illegal and violates state
and federal law and College policy. Violators are subject to civil
and/or criminal prosecution and College disciplinary action.
While copyright law prohibits the reproduction of commercial
copyrighted works, it does have limited provisions for fair use in
scholarship and research. Copyrighted material may be reproduced
only with permission from the copyright owner, usually the author or
publisher, who holds exclusive right to authorize reproduction.
The use of the campus network or computing resources for any
activity that violates local, state, federal or international laws
is in violation of the Computer System Policy found on pages 75 – 77
of The Crimson (2003-2004). Copying and distributing sound
recordings and movies without the authorization of the copyright
owners is committing direct copyright infringement. Simply put, it
is theft.
Grove City College does not encourage, condone or support the use of
any file sharing programs to illegally distribute copyrighted
material. Network and computing resources are provided to conduct
the day-to-day business of the College and meet the academic needs
of faculty and students.
The following websites contain more information regarding copyright
and can provide a basic understanding of copyright law. Should you
have any questions, you may also call the TLC and ask to speak to
Dr. DiStasi, our CIO.
The United State Copyright
Office: http://www.copyright.gov
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:
http://www.unc.edu/policy/copyright.html
IUPUI Copyright
Management Center: http://www.copyright.iupui.edu
Dartmouth
College: http://www.dartmouth.edu/copyright
University of Virginia:
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/acquisitions/copyright/index.html
University of Texas:
http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/cprtindx.htm
The most important information all should take from this letter is
the certain knowledge that most downloading and sharing as described
above is illegal and violates College policy and accordingly should
cease. This is both a legal as well as an ethical issue. Please
Be Aware Before You Share!
Sincerely,
Richard G. Jewell ‘67, J.D.
President
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