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EAVIS FINED OVER GLASTONBURY 2000

Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis was fined 15,000 [pounds sterling] last week by Frome magistrates for a breach of his licence at last June's festival. The event was licensed for 100,000 people, but thousands of gatecrashers almost doubled that number. This year's festival was cancelled because of security fears and to give Eavis time to plan a tougher security fence. The fine follows Eavis unveiling plans to hold a Farm Aid event this autumn to support business hit by foot and mouth.

RIAA ESCALATES NAPSTER ROW

The ongoing Napster saga escalated again last week after the RIAA filed further papers with Northern California District Court judge Marilyn Patel demanding the file-sharing company steps up its filtering efforts. US senators are set to debate online music issues in Washington on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the IFPI's anti-Napster software project has suffered another leak, this time to New ...

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