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Listen.com, 144, 153

lobbyists, 168, 277, 279–81

Loporchio, Vin, 41–42

Lord, Rob, 30, 31, 32, 73, 174, 196–97

Los Angeles Times, 4, 113, 133, 295, 321

Loubani, Tarek, 47, 52, 53–54, 55, 138

Love, Courtney, 136, 168, 257–58

Lyman, Frankie, 149

Lynch, Jim, 61–62, 116–18

Lynch, Robert, 49–50

Lyttle, Robert, 142

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Macedonia, Michael, 315

Mackenzie, Doug, 206, 207–8

Macnee, Peter, 198–99

Madison, James, 277

Madonna, 136

Mango, Jill, 240

Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, 193

Martin, Evan, 181–82

Martin, Jack, 42, 43

Matchbox 20 (band), 148

Matthews, Dave, 136

Mazda RX-7 (car), 185–86

McBarron, Brian, 45, 52, 192

McCrae, George, 149

McDermott, Will & Emery, 67–68

McGann, Seth (“Minus”), 19, 36–37, 174–75

Melissa virus, 19

Mendelson, Jordy, 24, 103, 177–78, 185

message board, Napster, 131–33, 138, 145

Messier, Jean-Marie, 302

Metallica, suit against Napster, 141–42, 144–45, 164, 240, 244

Microsoft, 51, 80, 81, 88, 234, 262, 279, 311–12, 313

Microsoft Windows, 35

Microsoft Word, 239

Middelhoff, Thomas, 161, 250, 285, 286, 321

dismissal of, 302

Shawn Fanning and, 261, 265–66, 282, 301

Napster acquisition bid and, 289–303

Napster alliance and, 261–67, 273, 282

See also Bertelsmann AG

Mischel, Bill, 46

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, 226

Mitnick, Kevin, 323

Moby (musician), 136

Mohr, Davidow Ventures, 209–10

Moore, Gordon, 91

Mordo, Nate, 247

Morga, Alicia, 212, 220, 252, 257, 258

Morissette, Alanis, 33

Morris, Doug, 156

Mottola, Tommy, 155

movie studios. See Hollywood

MP2, 30–31

MP3, 8, 17, 29, 153, 170, 196, 237, 242

development of, 31–34, 162

Napster development and, 27, 35, 136, 142, 143, 161, 162, 239

as promotion for music acts, 33–34, 137

record labels and, 310

RIAA suit against, 67, 279, 316

RIAA surveillance of, 161

Scott Shinn program and, 73

See also Digital Millenium Copyright Act; Winamp

MP3.com, 29, 33, 220, 278–79, 280

record industry lawsuit against, 278–79

MP3.lycos.com, 29

MTV (cable network), 136, 156

Napster and, 119–20, 133–34

Shawn Fanning's spotlighting by, 247, 323

Video Music Awards, 255

Multimedia Engineering Corp., 46

Murdock, Travis, 123–24, 145

MusicCity Morpheus, 276–77, 283, 309

music industry. See record industry; specific groups and performers

MusicNet, 153–57, 285, 287, 310, 313

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N2K (music firm), 32

Napigator, 170, 180

Napster

Back to Basics tour (2000), 137

Bales and, 87, 94

bankruptcy of, 11, 299–300, 303–4, 309

Barry's role in, 216–18

Bertelsmann and, 261, 264–65, 266, 282, 284–85, 289–303

business dysfunction of, 126–27, 137–38, 209, 268–69, 275

California base of, 85–87, 98–100

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