An Open Internet Law Casebook

Resource 6 . 6 . 5

11 minutes

A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.

Michael Risch

Recall that Napster's peer-to-peer file sharing system involved a database managed by Napster that each user could connect to in order to search music and other file names. This excerpt considers a DMCA defense for such a system.

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