Napster to "filter" out illegal trades

During the injunction reissuance hearing, attorney David Boies told US District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel that Napster would voluntarily install a filtering system this weekend to block the distribution of copyrighted songs. According to Boies, Napster programmers have been working around the clock for two-and-a-half weeks building filters capable of distinguishing copyrighted music from legally tradable files.

Though Judge Hall has not yet issued an injunction to end copyright violations, she stated that the hearing was to determine "not if (the injunction would be issued), but what an injunction should look like."

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