Legal Opinion
In Re Napster, Inc. Copyright Litigation
District Court, N.D. California
Decided February 22, 2002No. MDL 00-1369MHP, No. C 99-5183MHPPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PATEL, Chief Judge.
The recording industry plaintiffs move for summary judgment against defendant Napster, Inc. (“Napster”) for willful contributory and vicarious copyright infringement. In response, Napster requests that pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(f) the court stay any decision on the merits to allow for additional discovery. Napster’s 56(f) motion asks the court to determine whether additional discovery is necessary to decide if some of largest players in the music recording industry actually own the rights to the musical works for which they allege…
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