Napster has announced that it is hiring on Manus Cooney as Vice President for Corporate and Policy Development.

Cooney, formerly Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the Senate Judiciary Committee brings Napster some powerful legislative policy guidance with his vast experience dealing with the Congressional legal system.

The hiring on of Manus Cooney may represent a sign from Napster that they recognize and anticipate significant legal/policy battles in the future, and realize how important it is to fill the need to be well represented in such matters.

Mr. Mooney has dealt with such issues as the American Inventors Protection Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the past in his position as Staff Director to the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with overseeing Chairman Hatch's committee hearings exploring "The Noise Over Napster" & "Competition and Innovation in the Digital Age" and vast other expertise in the area.

Cooney begins his work with Napster, Inc. officially in January 2001.