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Timeline |
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America Online: |
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May 1999: |
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Napster, Inc. file-sharing service founded by Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker; instant success. |
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Dec. 7, 1999: |
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Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) takes Napster to federal court in San Francisco for copyright infringement. |
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April 13, 2000: |
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Heavy metal rock group Metallica sues Napster for copyright infringement; Rapper Dr. Dre files suit two weeks later. |
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May 3, 2000: |
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Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich and the band's manager hand Napster a list of more than 335,000 user names of people the band says are illegally sharing their songs using Napster. |
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May 5, 2000: |
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U.S. District Judge Marily Hall Patel rules against Napster saying they are not entitled to "safe harbor" under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. |
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July 26, 2000: |
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Patel grants the RIAA's request for a preliminary injunction and orders Napster to shut down. |
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July 28, 2000: |
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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals keeps the injuction. |
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October 2, 2000: |
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Appeals court hears oral arguments. |
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October 31, 2000: |
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Napster and German media giant Bertelsmann AG join forces to develop a membership-based distribution system that would guarantee payments to artists. Under the deal, Bertelsmann agrees to drop the lawsuit against Napster and make its catalog of music available to Napster, while gaining the right to buy a stake in the service. |
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February 12, 2000: |
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9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Napster must stop trading in copyrighted material and may be liable for "vicarious copyrighted infringement." |
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