Metallica to try to prevent fans from downloading recordings

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Metallica is suing the already embattled online music site Napster in a move to prevent the band's 335,000 fans from downloading free music. The identified fans are a loyal bunch who are now inflamed over being involved in a copyright suit but Metallica spent millions to create and market their album. Napster claims they do not hold the music in their computers and thus are not pirates. Dr. Dre has also sued the company.

Consumer Audio Recordings, Industry legal issue, Music fans, Piracy (Copyright), Metallica (Music group)

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Chief of MP3.com testifies in music copyright hearing

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Michael Robertson, CEO of MP3.com, testified that he thought he acted legally when he set up the online database of copyrighted sound recordings. The court has already ruled that MP3 infringed upon copyrights of Universal Music Group, but now the judge must determine whether the infringement was 'willful' in nature. MP3 reached settlements with the other 3 record firms that had sued it.

Video Retailing Service, All Other Information Services, Records & Tapes, Home shopping, MP3.com Inc., Universal Music Group, File sharing software, Online music trading

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Napster case: hard queries on copyrights

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Three federal judges presiding over the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals copyright infringement case against Napster have recessed without making a final decision. That decision, on whether to reinstate a preliminary injunction against Napster for aiding copyrighted music exchange over the Internet, may not come for another month at least. Napster has proposed a number of settlements with the sound recording industry but so far it has been unresponsive.

Company legal issue, Laws, regulations and rules, Intellectual property, United States. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

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