Can We Save Napster? Thousands Converge at SaveNapster.com to offer Solutions Hundreds of Websites Endorse Brightidea's Forum.Business/Entertainment Editors MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2000 Brightidea, Inc. (www.brightidea.com) today announced the successful launch of www.savenapster.com, with endorsements from hundreds of websites around the world. This site provides a forum for lawmakers, record executives, and Napster's 22 million members to share ideas and discuss solutions to the critical issue of music piracy in the digital age. Participants submit solutions as well as rate and build upon the ideas of others. SaveNapster.com has attracted tens of thousands of visitors and received more than 200 unique solutions, ranging from creating a Napster Music label to embedding commercials at the beginning of downloaded songs. The highest rated solutions will be sent to Hank Barry, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Napster, the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America, Washington, DC, www.riaa.com) A membership association of music recording companies. Its goal is to promote the record label industry and protect the rights of copyright owners. It was a major contributor to the SDMI digital distribution system. , and lawmakers and media outlets throughout the country in the hopes that these consensus-based solutions will play a roll in influencing any final decision. "The endorsements and tremendous activity on the SaveNapster.com website reflect the great concerns people have for the future of peer-to-peer file sharing Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing. . Many believe that this critical issue should not be decided by a handful of lawmakers," said Matthew Greeley, CEO of Brightidea Incorporated. He added "We are pleased to offer both sides of a neutral playing field to suggest solutions and gather feedback from the people that will be affected by this decision." All ideas and solutions on the SaveNapster.com site may be freely redistributed re·dis·trib·ute tr.v. re·dis·trib·ut·ed, re·dis·trib·ut·ing, re·dis·trib·utes To distribute again in a different way; reallocate. Adj. 1. . About Brightidea, Inc. Brightidea, Inc. operates the first platform for the collection, aggregation and distribution of new ideas "New Ideas" is the debut single by Scottish New Wave/Indie Rock act The Dykeenies. It was first released as a Double A-side with "Will It Happen Tonight?" on July 17, 2006. The band also recorded a video for the track. among the billions of web users. The company's platform for user-generated content The production of content by the general public rather than by paid professionals and experts in the field. Mostly available on the Web via blogs and wikis, user-generated content refers to material such as the daily news, encyclopedias and other references, movie and product reviews as allows visitors to share "bright ideas" in hundreds of different categories, as well as rate and build upon the ideas of others. The Brightidea community combines unique points-of-view from over 30 countries around the world. In addition to the Napster site, Brightidea has created a consensus-building site to seek suggestions for dealing with tires from the Firestone recall. For more information on SaveNapster.com or other Idea Sharing sites provided by Brightidea, please visit www.brightidea.com or contact: |
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