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A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.
Metallica, et al. v. Napster, Inc. was a 2000 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California case [1] that focused on copyright infringement, racketeering, and unlawful use of digital audio interface devices. Metallica vs. Napster, Inc. was the first case that involved an artist suing a peer-to-peer file sharing ("P2P") software ...
Napster was the first peer-to-peer service to be subject to copyright infringement litigation. In the Napster case, [17] the issue was regarding the infringement of copyrights through the 'Music Share' software of Napster.
In September 2001, Napster paid a $26-million settlement to copyright owners, and the company filed for bankruptcy in June 2002. It relaunched as a legal paid service under the software firm Roxio ...
MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., 545 U.S. 913 (2005), is a United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled unanimously that the defendants, peer-to-peer file sharing companies Grokster and Streamcast (maker of Morpheus), could be held liable for inducing copyright infringement by users of their file sharing software. [1]
Hawkes & Son (London) Ltd v. Paramount Film Service Ltd [1934] 1 Ch 593 (the Colonel Bogey case - infringement of copyright occurs when "a substantial, a vital and an essential part" of a work is copied, per Lord Slesser) Jennings v. Stephens [1936] Ch. 469 ("performance in public" as infringement) Donahue v.
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