Out-Law / Your Daily Need-To-Know

Napster returns to court today to resume its long-running battle with the music industry. Its service has been dormant since July due to the problems it faced in complying with a court order which required it to block the transfer of copyright-protected music files.

According to news agency Reuters, Napster will be arguing in a California court the question of how to share with its industry opponents the burden of monitoring its service to find and remove the music files forbidden by the March injunction.

Napster argues that it needs file names to find and remove infringing song files; the record industry contends that it should only have to provide song titles and artists’ names.

Napster says its new subscription-based service is “mostly built and in testing.”

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