RIAA asked the courts to block all major-label content from being traded through Napster. [News.com]

German media conglomerate Bertelsmann said Tuesday that it has formed an alliance with online music-swapping service Napster, signaling a significant shift in the so far hostile face-off between the major record labels and the start-up. [News.com]

The law has caught up with "Pimpshiz, " the hacker allegedly responsible for defacing some 200 Web sites with pro-Napster graffiti. [News.com]

Article about the new open source program Gnutella which shares music files over the internet, similar to Napster. [News.com]

We have some idea where George W. Bush and Al Gore stand on health care, foreign policy and social security. But what about Napster and copyright claims, the issue that has taken the Net by storm? [News.com]

How traffic shapers are used to prevent Napster and similar bandwidth hogs from overwhelming campus and corporate networks.

As music-swapping company Napster and the record industry skirmish in court, a bevy of technology companies are coming out with ideas they say can help the two sides settle their legal disputes. [News.com]

Benefits of free music to the recording industry, and does streaming and downloading music on the Internet encourages CD sales? [Wired News]

Fans have already embraced new music-distribution technologies. Musicians can fight them or join them. [Salon.com]

Napster's message for the courts and the recording industry is that downloading songs online without payment is legal. [News.com]