Napster, in its latest guise as an ambassador for legal music on campus, said Monday that six universities have signed up to offer its digital song services to their students. The company, a division of Roxio, has taken a lead in approaching college administrators to offer cut-rate subscriptions to its legal digital music service in an attempt to entice students …

A federal court has allowed record labels to continue a lawsuit against Bertelsmann and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, both onetime backers of the defunct Napster file-swapping network. The two companies are being sued for copyright infringement by UMG Recordings and Capital Records, which allege that the Napster backers had substantive control of the file-swapping network during its peak. Judge Marilyn …

Apple Computer reported Monday that its iTunes online digital music service crested 100 million downloads late Sunday. The milestone, which the company had been anticipating for several weeks, was achieved when 20-year-old Kevin Britten of Kansas downloaded the song “Somersault,” performed by the band Zero7. As part of a promotion run by Apple, Britten will receive one of the company’s …