Judge doesn't shut down Napster
US District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel ceded most of the requests Napster made last week, allowing the file-sharing service to continue despite music industry demands that it be shut down. The judge did, however, require that the company continue efforts to block copyrighted music while putting the onus on the music industry to identify by name the offending files. The company has three days to remove identified files.
She also put Napster on notice that it is responsible for misspellings and variations meant to avoid the filters. In the first version of the judgement, Napster was required simply to remove all illegally traded music from the service. Napster still faces billions of dollars in damages and another trial that could lead to its demise.
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