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The Testimony Of Napster Chief Exec Hank Barry
News (The following is the full testimony of Napster chief executive Hank Barry before the Senate Judiciary Committee): I am Hank Barry, chief executive officer of Napster, and I represent the company and members of the Napster community.
[July 12, 2000, 9:56]
Napster To Name New Chief
News Napster is expected to name a new chief executive as early as Tuesday, according to sources close to the company, bringing current chief executive Hank Barry's tumultuous term to a close. Hank fought the good fight, but the RIAA (Recording...
[July 24, 2001, 9:07]
Napster Appoints New CEO
News Napster on Tuesday named Konrad Hilbers, a Bertelsmann executive, as its new chief executive, replacing Hank Barry. Hank Barry has led Napster's evolution from its early days as a phenomenon of college dorm rooms to its profile today as the best...
[July 24, 2001, 15:08]
Napster To EMusic: We're Watching You!
News Napster will be monitoring just what its competitor EMusic is doing with its new "acoustic fingerprint technology", which the company unleashed this week to stop Napster users from swapping its songs, Napster chief executive Hank Barry said Thursday.
[November 24, 2000, 7:56]
Napster Gets Funding, New CEO
News Hummer Winblad partners Hank Barry and John Hummer will join the Napster board of directors, and Barry will become interim CEO of Napster. What do you think? Tell the Mailroom. And read what others have said.
[May 22, 2000, 14:02]
Judges Let Napster Play On -- For Now
News Napster chief executive Hank Barry Monday accused the recording industry of stonewalling repeated settlement attempts, including Napster's offer to charge user subscription fees and split the proceeds with the recording industry.
[October 3, 2000, 8:02]
Napster Deal Comes With A Price Tag
News Chief executive Hank Barry said Tuesday that the 38 million Napster users will soon have to pay "monthly dues" of, perhaps, $4.95 (£3) to access each other's hard drives: it is the result of a deal Napster reached with one of five record companies...
[November 1, 2000, 7:45]
Mr Napster Goes To Washington
News The dispute between recording artists and digital music-swapping technology such as Napster blared into Washington Tuesday, as Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich squared off against Napster chief executive Hank Barry in front of the Senate Judiciary...
[July 11, 2000, 16:49]
Newest Napster Keeps Users Honest
News Not at all, said Napster CEO Hank Barry. Napster supports the media formats that are popular among its users," Barry said. We intend to support those security measures that become widely adopted and are consistent with privacy and a convenient user...
[June 2, 2000, 8:25]
Napster Offers Billion Dollar Sweetener
News What we're saying is this community ought to be allowed to stay together," said Napster interim chief executive Hank Barry. Previous offers based on a percentage of Napster revenue had been rejected, Barry said.
[February 21, 2001, 8:40]
Napster Signs Euro Indie Labels
News This deal moves Shawn's vision into a new phase, beyond the controversy of file-sharing and into a new popularity," claimed Hank Barry, Napster's chief executive. Barry also denied claims that Napster would not manage to launch the service in time...
[June 26, 2001, 13:27]
Napster Sells Out, But Fans Singing A Different Tune
News Napster chief executive Hank Barry said the company will get a makeover, including charging its users some type of dues. Among the audience at SaveNapster is Napster's Barry, who mentioned the site in the bevy of announcements Tuesday about the...
[November 2, 2000, 11:28]
Napster Tells Court Filters Are Working
News I think Napster is complying with the injunction both in the letter and in the spirit," said Napster chief executive Hank Barry. Barry conceded that variants of blocked songs are still slipping through, noting that the company has people manually...
[March 13, 2001, 10:23]
Napster Signs Up Record Labels
News We're hoping that we'll be able to have agreements with Sony and Universal through MusicNet," Napster chief executive Hank Barry said. Glaser and Barry said the deal represents a commitment to give the content to Napster eventually, however.
[June 6, 2001, 9:13]
Napster: Throw Out The Case!
News In the conference call, Napster chief executive Hank Barry also disclosed that he had put forward "many proposals" for a settlement with the RIAA. Barry declined to be specific about the offers, although he said they provided for payments to...
[August 21, 2000, 8:43]
Net Music - The Courts Played On
News In a crowded San Francisco courtroom last July, Napster chief executive Hank Barry listened in dismay as a judge pronounced sentence on his vision of digital music's future. Barry, along with much of the rest of that world, was shocked to hear...
[December 22, 2000, 9:04]
Appeals Court To Napster: Rock On!
News In a prepared statement, chief executive Hank Barry thanked Napster users for standing by the company, saying that Napster can help consumers, artists and the music industry. New technologies can be a win-win situation if we work together on...
[July 31, 2000, 8:36]
Napster, Gnutella... And Josef Stalin?
News If catch-up is what they are playing, the recording industry lost yet another step to Napster and its chief executive Hank Barry, the former Liquid Audio lawyer now steering Napster through the industry and legal minefields.
[July 25, 2000, 9:22]
Napster Not Half The Site It Used To Be
News District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel in a court order, Napster Chief Executive Hank Barry said earlier this week. An automated software program that will do this more efficiently is also in the works, Barry said Monday.
[March 16, 2001, 8:07]
Napster Chief Outlines Subscription Pricing
News Former CEO Hank Barry said earlier this year that subscription prices would likely range between $4.95 and $9.95, depending on how much music subscribers wanted and whether they wanted the ability to burn CDs or move the music to portable devices.
[August 9, 2001, 9:33]
