Another group of colleges is getting access to cut-rate digital music subscriptions, care of MusicNet and partner Cdigix. Cdigix, which offers packages of video, music and educational services to schools, said it will distribute MusicNet subscriptions to students at Marietta College, Ohio University, the Rochester Institute of Technology, the University of Denver, Wake Forest and Yale University beginning this fall. …

Sharman Networks, Australian parent company of the file-sharing software developer Kazaa, is rejoicing at the U.S. court ruling that two similar peer-to-peer programs, Grokster and Morpheus, do not violate copyright law. However, the company concedes that the ruling is unlikely to have any effect on a music copyright-infringement case currently going through the courts in Australia. News.blog Our reporters’ take …

RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser has survived longer than most in the Internet business, largely by pulling rabbits out of his hat when the competition least expects it. Glaser’s latest surprise came a few weeks ago when RealNetworks announced it had figured out a way to re-create Apple Computer’s proprietary technology for digital rights management–without Apple’s permission. This allowed RealNetworks to …