Word: copyright
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...case, in which movie studios sued Sony because they feared VCR's would lead to piracy. The judge in that case, evincing an understanding of technology more sophisticated than Judge Patel's, ruled in favor of Sony because Sony's customers, not the company itself, were the ones violating copyright. Judge Patel, in contrast, feels that Napster actively encourages its users to pirate music, and thus closed the loophole around the company. Unfortunately, there's no software patch for a quick civil courts system and a judge with a creative interpretation of the spirit...
File-swapping, like rock 'n' roll, may never die, but Napster - and the copyright law that's killing it - is in serious trouble...
...fact, the next few months could be remembered as the last wheeze of 20th-century copyright...
Since then, Napster has made several attempts to settle claims of copyright infringement out of court, including an announcement that it will move to a completely fee-based pricing plan by summer. The service has also offered to pay $1 billion over the next five years to major record labels, songwriters and independent artists--an offer that was rebuffed...
Boies countered by saying that Napster still cannot examine specific files to see if they are instances of copyright infringement--it can only block specific file names...