By "anonymous donor," you mean Jerry Yang and David Filo, right?
Stanford University students needn't worry themselves about the potential legal ramifications of free music downloaded from the Internet, at least for the next year. On Wednesday,
Yahoo said it will offer its subscription music service to all Stanford students (except Mac users) free for a year in a deal paid for by an "anonymous donor." At the conclusion of the yearlong trial, which is to begin next Tuesday, students will be offered the chance to subscribe to the service for between $1.75 and $4.75 a month. The agreement is the first of its kind for Yahoo, which has looked on quietly while Napster inked deals with Pennsylvania State University and University of Washington, though under
more dubious terms (see "
Hey, how about a nice beer service? College students like beer too.").
