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This isn't how it was supposed to be. A little more than three years ago the Recording Industry Association of America (R.I.A.A.), which represents most U.S. record labels, filed suit against Napster, the granddaddy of file-sharing services, for "contributory and vicarious copyright infringement." The R.I.A.A. won; Napster lost. A judge ordered its servers shut down. End of story...
...been 20 years since CHEWBACCA appeared in a new Star Wars movie, but Han Solo's faithful, fur-covered sidekick will return for a small part in Episode III, which starts production this summer in Australia. Peter Mayhew, the 7-ft. 3-in. English actor who donned the Wookiee suit for the first three Star Wars films--and has been signing autographs at conventions ever since--will again play the brawny warrior from the planet Kashyyyk. Lucas has said that Episode III, due for release in 2005, will be the last Star Wars movie. Cue Chewie's mournful roar...
Chicago fans of the rock group Creed filed suit against the band last week for breach of contract after an awful December concert. The suit claimed vocalist SCOTT STAPP "left the stage on several occasions...rolled around on the floor in apparent pain...and appeared to pass out." Calls to Creed's management last week went unreturned. But after the show, Creed e-mailed fans, saying, "We hope you can take some solace in the fact that you experienced the most unique of all Creed shows." If the 15,000 fans covered by the suit get back...
German companies are watching nervously as a federal judge in New Jersey prepares to rule on a case that could reopen a floodgate of Holocaust - related litigation. The suit was filed by the children of Günther and Fritz Wertheim, who ran a thriving Jewish chain store before fleeing Nazi Germany. Believing their assets worthless, they sold to a German businessman in 1951 for $18,400. In doing so, they lost prized Berlin real estate, according to the $500 million suit against KarstadtQuelle, Germany's biggest retailer, which now owns the property. The case threatens a 1999 accord designed...
...elimination of the tax on dividends? Well, the moderates, despite approving of Bush's handling of the war, don't support his plan for reviving the economy and despite the political benefit Bush won from his carrier display, moderates worry there are no coat-tails on a flight suit. "The Moderates are emboldened," says a White House adviser. "They're from states where there are cutbacks and where the politics have always been close and where people are hurting. This is going to be a constant problem for the White House...