Napster_Law_Suit

Napster Law Suit Federal Copyright Infringement Paul Wustrack Business law Alfonso Bax There are many cases about the Federal Copyright Infringement laws. The A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. U.S. District Court, Northern District of California May 12, 2000,and UMG Recordings, Inc., et al. v. MP3.com, Inc. United States District Court, Southern District of New York May 4, 2000. These are two of the many cases that involve the copyright laws of Internet file sharing sites. Napster was a small Internet start-up based in San Mateo, California. Made its proprietary MusicShare software freely available for Internet users to download. Users who obtain Napster's software can then share MP3 music files with others logged-on to the Napster system. MP3 files, which reproduce nearly CD-quality sound in a compressed format, are available on a variety of websites either for a fee or free-of-charge. Napster allowed users to exchange MP3 files stored on their own computer hard-drives directly, without payment. Napster was the first site to become as large as it did. The web site was a pioneer of file sharing software, which would lead to many others following.(gigalaw #1) Napster typically involves the following basic steps: After downloading MusicShare software from the Napster napster, material, court, copyright, service, files, system, software, music, inc, through, plaintiffs, district, copyrighted, case, without, users, user, server, provider, mp3, laws, internet, file, recordings, provide, network, musicshare, list, infringement, decision, connections, 512a