Napster and record industry clash over sales and copyrights

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Internet music company Napster has asked a federal judge not to shut its service down, claiming that Napster users are not violating ciopyright law by compiling personal collections of copyrighted sound recordings that they can download via Napster. Record companies, represented by Recording Industry Association of America, claims that the downloading by Napster users is costing the industry millions in lost sales.

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Judge orders Napster to police trading

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Judge Marilyn Patel issued an injunction requiring Napster to stop the approximate 65 million users from trading unauthorized files, which may signal the end of the online music site. 5 record companies sued the company for copyright infringement and must now provide Napster with the names of the songs it owns the right to so they can be purged. Meanwhile, there's a downloading frenzy from the fans before the music dies.

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Napster appeals an order to remain closed down; Internet music service settles 2 lawsuits

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Napster, the Internet music service, has made an appeal of a judge's decision for the company to remain offline until it has made "every effort" to prevent the free exchange of copyrighted material.

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