WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER4, 2002
NATION
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN - 7A
Court blocks sale of Napster
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — A bankruptcy judge blocked the sale of Napster to Bertelsmann AG on yesterday, killing a deal that might have revived the Internet song-swapping service as a legitimate business.
Judge Peter J. Walsh, in Wilmington, Del., cited conflicting loyalties by Napster's top executive.
Napster chief executive Konrad Hilbers, a Bertelsmann veteran, said the judge's decision will probably force Napster into liquidation.
"Napster is disappointed with the bankruptcy court's decision
not to approve the sale of the company's assets to Bertelsmann.
As a result of the record companies' and music publishers' opposition, Napster's creditors will be denied substantial repayment and the company will likely be forced into Chapter 7 liquidation." Hilbers said in a statement.
Bertelsmann had sought to purchase the remains of the defunct Napster network for an additional $8 million after sinking $85 million into the company to keep it allout.
Napster has been off line for more than a year and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June.
Copyright-infringement suits by several major record labels effectively destroyed Napster. Those record companies also vigorously objected to the sale of the company to Bertelsmann, Germany's biggest media company.
Hilbers' divided allegiance between Napster and Bertelsmann drew scrutiny from Walsh as he looked at the proposed sale.
The judge said he wanted to hear from someone who was in on the negotiations, especially Hilbers. But Hilbers never took the stand.
Napster changed the way mil
tions of computer users acquired and listened to music, enabling them to swap recordings for free.
But the service has been down since July 2001, after U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel in California found that its operations violated copyright law and ordered Napster to rid its network of copyright recordings.
A&M Records, Geffen Records, Interscope Records and other labels objected to the proposed Bertelsmann buyout, charging that Bertelsmann put money into Napster without any procedures in place to ensure that it would not be used to run Napster's illegal business.
Few state programs help female rapists
The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tonya Payne got four years in jail for luring a 15-year-old boy into her trailer and raping him, exposing him to the AIDS virus.
When she gets out this week, she says, she will be a changed woman — thanks to a sex offender treatment program Tennessee recently began offering to female inmates.
"If I hadn't had the treatment, I would definitely classify myself as being at high risk to do it again," Payne said.
Payne is among five inmates at the Tennessee Prison for Women
to graduate from the prison's first therapy program for female sex offenders, a two-year program that ended in July.
Such programs are widely offered to men who commit sex crimes, but they have been almost unheard of for women. Texas and Kentucky are among the few states that provide counseling for female rapists.
Payne went through two-hour sessions five days a week that included group therapy on topics such as anger management and victim empathy. She also received help with her history of sexual abuse and drug and alcohol addiction.
Beets, bloodsickles top some zoo menus
The Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — At zoos across the country, handlers go to great lengths to tailor dishes for their animals' varied cravings.
The mongooses at Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence like peanut butter, and get especially frisky when searching, treasure hunt-style, for the treat smeared around their cage. Caretakers discovered cheetahs and bears go bonkers for "bloodsickles" — bucket-sized popsicles made with blood from ground beef and horse meat.
Feeders at St. Louis Zoo learned their Hamadryas baboons, from the Arabian peninsula and North Africa, love to suck on fresh beets — amusing their keepers to no end with mouths that appeared to be ringed with dark red lipstick.
Gone are the days when elephants would be tossed peanuts or monkeys would munch on bananas. Instead, animal feeding has evolved into a science as caretakers focus on nutrition.
"We want to make sure their stay is an enjoyable one," said Pat Sharkey, director of Roger Williams Zoo.
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