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Ragontse got off to a fast start in the semis, using his lightning quick speed to track down every drop shot or cross-court shot that Abraham offered. One of the most flamboyant players on the circuit, the Botswana native repeatedly drew a rise from the crowd with his facial expressions and Micheal Jordan-esque sticking out of the tongue...
This latest move marks a series of concessions by Napster since the severe blow it was dealt several weeks ago, when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals voiced the opinion that Napster users infringe on copyrights and that "Napster materially contributes to the infringing activity...
...statement issued after Friday's hearing, Napster CEO Hank Barry said, "We proposed a workable injunction that follows the 9th Circuit ruling and keeps the Napster community together while we are working to settle this case and transition to our new membership-based service...
...imposing these costs, both the trial court and the Ninth Circuit neglected to address what was Napster's most serious argument--that publishing a directory is a protected act of speech. Copyright laws and the First Amendment often seem to conflict--publishing a book or recording a song are expressive acts --but their conflicts are normally addressed by "fair use" exemptions, which allow for portions of copyrighted works to be quoted or commented on. Downloading copyrighted music is not fair use, and so the Napster courts saw no need to address Napster's other First Amendment concerns...
...ignoring the protections granted to speech, the Ninth Circuit created a dangerous gray area for new Internet protocols. How useful must a piece of information be before it becomes illegal? How effective must a search tool be before it becomes contributory infringement? If I duplicate copyrighted text on my website, could Google be sued for indexing it--or, God forbid, for keeping a cached copy on its own servers? There is no room for gray areas in this body of law. Either an act is contributory infringement or it isn't, and the failure to draw clear lines creates chilling...