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Tennessee Colleges Reject Napster Offer for Campus Digital Music Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 3, 2004 - 3:29am.
Murfreesboro, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Board of Regents, which presides over 45 state universities and 180,000 students, has rejected an offer from Napster to provide a digital music subscription service at a cost of $9.99 per month per student, the Associated Press reported. Napster has launched pilot programs at both Penn State and the University of Rochester, but the financial terms of those deals call for the music service to be provided at a steep discount, according to TheRegister. The $9.99 mandatory fee, combined with the perception that illegal downloading doesn't pose a specific problem for the schools, was the reasoning for the Board's rejection of the offer, Bob Adams, the Regents' vice chancellor for business and finance, told AP.
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