If the court finds that the labels misused their copyrights, they will be unable to seek damages from Napster for copyright infringement during the period of misuse.
In court yesterday, US District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel also granted the Californian company access to certain record company documents, including documents which have been given to the Justice Department as part of an antitrust investigation into MusicNet and PressPlay, joint ventures set up by the five major labels.