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Colleges get caught up in music piracy battle: some universities are forging partnerships with legal downloading services to subsidize students' music habits.

Publication: San Diego Business Journal
Publication Date: 29-AUG-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Colleges get caught up in music piracy battle: some universities are forging partnerships with legal downloading services to subsidize students' music habits.(Special Report)

Article Excerpt
In the debate regarding music piracy, download-happy college students are on one side of the line, the record industry is on the other and universities are caught in the middle.

Now some schools are taking steps to keep the two sides at peace.

A growing number of schools have forged partnerships with legal downloading services such as Napster Inc. to subsidize their students' music habits--in some cases footing the entire bill to encourage legal on-campus music activity.

Los Angeles-based Napster has signed up more than 40 universities in the last two years, offering its $9.95 per month subscription service at a deep discount to the universities. The colleges typically subsidize the service further so students pay only a nominal amount.

The University of Southern California began offering Napster to students in July...

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