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> http://bbspot.com/News/2001/07/napster_strike.html > > Judge OKs Nuclear Strike on Napster > > The court battle between the RIAA and Napster is nearing a > resolution as US District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel > during a closed door session today > gave the go ahead for the RIAA to launch a > nuclear strike against the Napster servers. > > Judge Patel said, "I see it as the final solution to this > ongoing problem. There might be some lives lost > but at least it will guarantee that no > copyrighted songs escape their servers." > > Napster lawyers chuckled when the RIAA suggested > a nuclear strike. "We > thought they were joking but then Judge Patel said it was a > good idea and signed the order. We weren't laughing > anymore. We pleaded that human lives > had to be more important than copyrighted songs, but the > Judge disagreed." > > Ironically Dr. Dre and Metallica who just settled their > lawsuits, were at Napster when the strike occurred > and were evaporated. Fortunately no > musicians were harmed in the attack. > > One member of a group of song pirates gathered at a > Seattle Starbucks said, "Arrr matey. We didn't even > notice ye olde Napster was gone. > Arrr." > > An RIAA lawyer said, "If one song makes it out of the Napster > servers that > could have a deleterious effect on the artist. That's why we bombed > Napster into oblivion. Next we will be petitioning the court for > permission to launch strikes against former Napster users' homes." > > He continued, "If that doesn't work we've petitioned the > court to have the FBI sent in." >
