The controversial file-swapping programme, Napster has been shut down by a court in the
US. It stated that Napster must stop trading in copyrighted material. The decision was on the side of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Directly after the ruling Napster founder Shawn Fanning and Napster CEO
Hank Barry (both pictured above) held a press conference at the Park Hyatt Hotel
in San Francisco. Hank Berry said that he was disappointed by the ruling, he said, "The Napster community is about the love of music. Napster community members love music and
purchase far more CDs than most people.", he continued, "even if Napster file sharing is shut down while our trial is pending, we will do whatever we can to work within the limits of
the injunction to continue to provide more than 50 million Napster community members access to
music."
Metallica, who have fought against Napster said, "We have never objected to the
technology, the Internet, or the digital distribution of music. All we have ever asked is that
artists be able to control how, when and in what form their creativity is distributed through
these channels."
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