Napster shutdown may be stayed; visits to clones surge

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Internet song-swap service Napster filed an appeal in federal court on July 27 to prevent it from being shut down due to the copyright infringement lawsuit brought against it by the music industry. Judge Marilyn Patel has ruled that an injunction be imposed on Napster effective 3 am on July 29. Napster's users, estimated to be 20 million are expected to migrate to similar services provided by Gnutella, Imesh, Scour, Listen.com, EMusic.com and TowerRecords.com.

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Net's Napster not singing blues yet; court delays ruling

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Napster will be allowed to stay in business until the decision on a preliminary injuction that would have forced the company to shut down is issued. On Oct 2, 2000, a three-judge panel in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rendered no decision on the Recording Industry Assn of America's lawsuit against Napster. The record industry argues that Napster contributes to copyright infringement among its 32 million registered users.

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Ruling deals blow to Napster

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Napster was dealt a huge blow on Feb 12, 2001, by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, CA. The federal appealas court decided that an injunction issued in Jul 2000 was overbroad. Therefore, it instructed Judge Marilyn Hall Patel to recast her original order. Napster will remain in operation until a new injunction is issued. Napster vows to continue to appeal the case in the courts and in Congress.

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