Napster begin oktober weer voor de rechter

De rechtzaak omtrent het voortbestaan van Napster wordt in de eerste week van oktober weer voortgezet. Napster is aan zet en mag tussen 2 en 6 oktober goede argumenten geven waarom het bedrijf moet blijven bestaan. Napster wordt gesteund door een aantal grote bedrijven waaronder Intel, AOL en Apple.

A federal appeals court said Tuesday it would hear oral arguments in the Napster Inc. case the first week of October.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it would hear the case sometime between Oct. 2-6 in San Francisco. The 26-judge court provided no other details and, in customary fashion, did not announce the three judges who would sit on the case. Normally, panelists are not announced until the week before.

The court, which in the past year has issued rulings in favor of technology despite concerns of copyright infringement, national security and Internet monopolies, is hearing the recording industry's case against the Internet site that acts as a gateway for millions of online surfers to exchange and record copyrighted music.

The recording industry wants Napster shut down, alleging it is contributing to widespread copyright infringement. Napster, on the other hand, said it is just providing a service for users to share music and not all of the music is copyright protected.

Daan de Nepstervriend, bedankt voor het submitten van dit nieuws!