No, the subject is not dead yet! ;) More news from the people at Napster on Inside Music (Thanks Marc Molinaro of Gnutella News). It seems they screwed themselves, as the RIAA got ahold of some incriminating internal memos and e-mails from the company, in which Napster executives Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker said that while they told the RIAA Napster was created for 'putting up unsigned artists' , the memos show that it was a way 'to distract the RIAA'.

In the same memo, under the heading ''Problems,'' Parker describes several different strategies designed to ''put us in a much better bargaining position with the RIAA when they see that we are not just making pirated music available but also pushing demand.'' The key, Parker says, is to use the lure of free music ''to grow our user base, and then use (this) user base coupled with advanced technology to leverage the record companies into a deal.''

Meanwhile, the BCC is reporting that the recording industry has asked a court judge for a preliminary injunction to shut down the Napster service. Thanks KHeT. Interestingly enough, MP3.com is one of the allies of the recording industry now and is saying its harmful that files are being given away through Napster. update Steve: Check out what Courtney Love has to say about Napster.