A&M Records Vs. Napster

A&M Records Vs. Napster was a major case that took place in 2001. The case was about the illegal file sharing of MP3 music files. There were more than eighteen other plantiffs against Napster that wanted justice. The Northern District of California held Napster against infringement of copyrights held by companies in the music industry. This was the first major case against illegal file sharing in the music industry. Napster showed three main points in their argument that countered the accusations against them. In the end, the court agreed that Napster was drawing in users to illegally download copyrighted MP3 files. The judge offered that Napster be shut down until it reached 100 percent efficiency rate in removing copyrighted work. Napster was able to remove 99.4 percent of the copyrighted work, and was shut down due to not making the requirements. Soon after not meeting the requirements set by the judge, Napster filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and was forced to completely shut down.
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