Mar 25 2002

Appeals Court Tells Napster to Remain Offline

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Back last summer Napster were ordered to shut down its service until it could block all copyrighted material. It appealed the decision and the Appeals court in July blocked the lower court’s ruling from being enforced, but Napster never resumed its free service. The appeals court has today come back with a verdict that Napster cannot ever resume trading unless it blocks 100% of copyrighted material.

This verdict may seem to have little practical effect but it could help the RIAA win future lawsuits against p2p programs that could in any way block copyrighted material. It also could make Napster’s Pay service more difficult to operate as it claims that it will still let anyone put their own music on the network. Read the full story here or here. The ongoing Napster lawsuit continues in San Francisco.

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