Legal Opinion
A & M RECORDS, INC. v. Napster, Inc.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided August 10, 2000No. C 99-5183 MHP, C 00-0074 MHPPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PATEL, Chief Judge.
The matter before the court concerns the boundary between sharing and theft, personal use and the unauthorized worldwide distribution of copyrighted music and sound recordings. 1 On December 6, 1999, A & M Records and seventeen other record companies (“record company plaintiffs”) filed a complaint for contributory and vicarious copyright infringement, violations of the California Civil Code section 980(a)(2), and unfair competition against Napster, Inc., 2 an Internet start-up that enables users to download MP3 music files without payment. On January 7, 2000,…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 2005
- A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- In Re Napster, Inc. Copyright LitigationDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2006
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. v. StreeterDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 2006
- Arista Records LLC v. Lime Group LLCDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2011
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