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Bales, Bill (continued)

John Fanning and, 193, 195–97, 201–2, 292

firings of, 94, 201

at Napster, 87, 93, 94, 99–100, 126, 159, 160–61, 176

Napster shares of, 192

post-Napster activities of, 318

venture capital and, 195–201

Ballmer, Steve, 311–12

bankruptcy, Napster, 11, 297–300, 309

depositions in, 303–4

Barber, Brandon, 135, 137, 138, 143, 144, 178, 257

Barksdale, Jim, 95

Barlow, John Perry, 30, 235, 236

Barrett, Craig, 311–12

Barry, Hank, 212–13, 214, 282, 283, 299

on appeals court decision, 272

background of, 215–16

Bertelsmann and, 266–67, 290–91, 292, 300

business style of, 268–69

congressional hearing and, 237

fiduciary duty warning to, 298

Hilbers named successor by, 282

music industry deals and, 249–52, 260, 262, 273

Napster CEO search by, 267–68

Napster due diligence and, 225

personal indemnification for, 293, 296–97, 300

at preliminary injunction hearing, 241, 246, 249

Ritter on, 254

Washington, D.C., lobbying by, 277, 279–81

at Wired Rave Awards, 258

BearShare, 283

Beastie Boys, 165–66

Beck (musician), 168, 257

Beezer, Robert, 270–71

Benchmark Capital, 210

Benjamin, Yobie, 199–200

Bennet, Steve, 115

Berg, Jeff, 115

Berman, Howard, 311

Berners-Lee, Tim, 30, 51

Bertelsmann AG, 3, 157, 160–61

Chapter 11 Napster reorganization and, 297–98

loan to Napster by, 264–65, 266, 289

Middelhoff dismissal by, 302

music division, 149, 282–83

Napster and, 261, 282, 284–85, 289–303

Besciak, Richard, 15

BindView Corp., 20, 23, 36, 176

Biondi, Frank, 202

Blockbuster, Inc., 321

BMG, 149, 282–83

Boies, David, 234–35, 237, 263

Napster appeal and, 269, 270–71

RIAA preliminary hearing and, 242, 245, 246

“Bonehead Safari: My Hunt for America’s Dumbest VC” (article), 218–19

Borkowski, George, 230–32

Boult, Terrance, 22

Boyda, Chad, 180

Bozeman, Bob, 110–11, 115, 116, 188

Brauns, Martin, 92

Brewer, Evan (“dmess0r”), 18–19, 38

Bridges, Andrew, 67, 109–10, 316

broadband, 313

Bronfman, Edgar, 156, 249–51, 262, 267

Brookings Institution, 313

Brooks, Liz, 107, 147–48, 205, 212, 257

Napster merchandising and, 138–39, 140

New Artists Program and, 147, 227

Brown, Ian, 183

Brown, James, 150

Brown, Willie, 257

Bullington, Brett, 188

Busch, Doug, 185

Business Week (magazine), 223, 316

C

Cambridge Automation, 42, 46

Carey, Richard, 274–75

Carmody, Tom, 59, 75–76, 84, 101, 192, 319

merchandising rights and, 139–40, 255

Carnegie Mellon University, 21, 22, 43, 85

Case, Steve, 262

CBS Records, 150–51

CDs, 158–59, 313

encryption, 63, 224, 311

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