Rechter doet uitspraak Napster

Chris (MrBig)
Internetbedrijf Napster moet zijn activiteiten met betrekking tot het toestaan van de uitwisseling van materiaal die onder een copyright valt, onmiddellijk staken. Dat heeft het federale hof van beroep in San Francisco maandag bepaald. De software van de onderneming maakt het mogelijk om gratis muziekbestanden te downloaden. De Recording Association of America stapte daarop afgelopen zomer naar de rechter, omdat Napster auteursrechten zou schenden. Die redenering heeft het hof overgenomen. Hieronder een stukje van de site van CNN:

"A federal appeals court sent an injunction against the Internet music service Napster back to a district court Monday saying it was "overbroad."

The appeals court said a good case was presented for copyright infringement and that Napster knowingly encourages users to download material and may derive financial interest in doing that. However, the appeals court said the scope of the preliminary injunction was overbroad and is sent back to the district court."

De BBC zegt het als volgt:

"A US court in California has ruled that Napster, the online music sharing service, must stop trading in copyright material, but has stopped short of ordering the service to close down. In a complicated ruling, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered a lower court - the District Court - to modify an original injunction to prevent Napster from operating its service. The modifications would mean Napster would not be able to perform certain practices. It said that Napster must prevent its users from gaining access to copyrighted content through its list of available songs."