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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/25333.html
Bertelsmann saves Napster
By Drew Cullen
Posted: 17/05/2002 at 21:01 GMT
Bertelsmann is to mop up the rest of Napster – for around $8m. Or rather the assets: it gets the name and it has the P2P software, and it pays off the creditors, but it sidesteps the liabilities – most notably, other shareholders, and the gazillions demanded by most of the music majors.
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