Napster's lawyers have filed their hard-hitting, persuasive, and fascinating response to the federal judge who wants to shut the music file-sharing service down, and they are attacking on personal as well as legal grounds. It is impossible to summarize more than a small fraction of the points that the embattled Web company is making in its defense, so those interested in the subject should read at least one of the links presented below.

Read upside.com, zdnn.com, or news.com.