UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT For the Northern District of California 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 their direction (collectively, “Napster”) are enjoined asfollows: areenjoined (collectively, “Napster”) direction their servants, employees, representatives,subsidiaries,assigns andthoseacting inconcertwiththemorat pendency of thisaction and untilfinal judgment isentered, defendant Napster, Inc. and itsagents, filed onFebruary 12,2001,itisthis5thday ofMarch,2001,HEREBY ORDERED that,during the ______/ NAPSTER, INC. corporation, WARNER BROS. RECORDS INC., a AMERICA, INC., acorporation;and INC., acorporation;VIRGIN RECORDS a corporation;POLYGRAM RECORDS, corporation; SIRE RECORDS GROUP INC., corporation; ARISTA RECORDS,INC., a ENTERTAINMENT GROUPINC., a RECORDS INC., acorporation;ELEKTRA a general partnership;UNIVERSAL MUSIC d/b/a THE RCA RECORDS LABEL, LA FACE RECORDS,ajoint venture; BMG CAPITOL RECORDS,INC., acorporation; COMPANY L.P., alimitedpartnership; RECORD corporation; MOTOWN corporation; ISLAND INC., RECORDS, a ATLANTIC RECORDING CORP., a MCA RECORDS,INC., acorporation; ENTERTAINMENT INC., acorporation; MUSICpartnership; SONY INTERSCOPE RECORDS, a general GEFFEN RECORDS,INC., acorporation; A&M RECORDS,INC., acorporation; 1. Napster ispreliminarily enjoined, pursuant to the procedures set forth below, from Circuit Ninth forthe ofAppeals Court States United ofthe In Opinion the accordancewith v. Defendant. Plaintiffs, NORTHERN DISTRICTOFCALIFORNIA UNITED STATESDISTRICTCOURT ORDER MDL No.C 00-1369 MHP No. C99-05183MHP UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT For the Northern District of California 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 system.” See Napster” and imposed onNapster the burden “of policing the system withinthe limitsof the to notice provide to burdenonplaintiffs the “place[d] Thecourt parties. the shared between uploading, transmitting or distributing of plaintiffs’ copyrighted works occurs onthe system is ofthisOrder. work andtotakeappropriateactionwithinthecontext by plaintiffs, all parties have an obligation toascertain the actual identity (title and artist name) of the believe thatafileavailableontheNapstersystem isavariationofparticularworkorfileidentified the spelling of the titles or artists’ names, of the works identified by plaintiffs. If itisreasonable to artist and title of the copyrighted recording. Plaintiffs shall make a substantial effort toidentify the infringing files as well as the names of the work; and that theresultsofsucha searchprovideNapsterwith“reasonableknowledge ofspecific infringing at any particular time against listsof copyrighted recordings provided by plaintiffs. The court deems duty. The court anticipates that itmay be easier for Napster tosearch the files available onitssystem given thetransitory natureofitsoperation. hearing that itwouldbe difficult for plaintiffs toidentify all infringing files onthe Napster system appears tothecourtonbasisoffactualrepresentations by theparties attheMarch2,2001 providing foreachwork: copyrighted soundrecordings inaccordancewith this Order. engaging in,or facilitating others in,copying, downloading, uploading, transmitting, or distributing 4. TheNinthCircuitheldthattheburdenofensuring thatnocopying, downloading, 3. Allpartiesshallusereasonablemeasuresinidentifying variationsofthefilename(s),or 2. PlaintiffsshallprovidenoticetoNapsteroftheircopyrighted soundrecordings by A&M etal.v.Napster (D) acertificationthatplaintiffsownorcontroltherights allegedly infringed. (C) thename(s)ofoneormorefiles (B) the name of the featured recording artist performing the work (“artist name”); (A) the title of the work; , No.00-164001,slipop.at2206(9thCir.Feb. 12,2001).It 2 Thisdifficulty, however,doesnotrelieveNapsterofits 2 1 availableontheNapstersystem containing such UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT For the Northern District of California 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 or affordrelieffromit.The courtmay appointanindependent thirdparty toserveasatechnical matter for hearing before the court. However, such disputes willnotoperate tostay thisinjunction of theNapstersystem tocarry outthedutiesestablishedunder thisOrder,thepartiesmay setthe comply withthisOrder. upon plaintiffsandfilewiththecourtaReportof Complianceidentifying thestepsithastakento of servicenoticeby plaintiffsasprovidedinParagraphs 2or6ofthisOrder,Napstershallserve identify a specific infringing file and Napster toscreen the work. otherwise wouldallow Napster users a free ride for the length of time itwouldtake plaintiffs to require Napstertoblockthetransmissionoftheseworksinadvancetheirrelease.Toorder subsequently screen for a particular recording, the burden isfar less and the equities are more fair to presently hasthecapability (evenwithoutenhancing itstechnology) tostoreinformationaboutand system recording. AsNapster orthrough its accessto identified block infringing the file first to the there isasubstantiallikelihoodofinfringement ontheNapstersystem. Napstershallbeginning with work, including butnotlimitedtopopularity andfrequency ofappearanceontheNapster system, recording, andreleasedateofsoundrecordings forwhich,basedonareviewofthatartist’sprevious downloading, uploading, transmitting ordistributing ofthenoticedcopyrighted soundrecordings. users log on(i.e.,priortothenamesoffilesbeing andpreventthe includedintheNapsterindex) shall affirmatively search the names of all files being made available by all users at the time those (thereby preventing access tothefilescorresponding tosuchnamesthrough theNapstersystem). shall, withinthree (3) business days, prevent such files from being included inthe Napster index Paragraphs 2,3or4ofspecificinfringing filescontaining copyrighted soundrecordings, Napster files” asrequiredby theNinthCircuit.Seeid. 9. If inimplementing thispreliminary injunction the parties dispute the ability of Napster or five(5)businessdays8. Within of thedateofthisOrder,andwithinfive(5)businessdays 7. Plaintiffs may provide to Napster inadvance of release the artist name, title of the days (3)business Napster ofinfringing three files, notice ofreasonable ofreceipt 6. Within 5. OnceNapster“receivesreasonableknowledge” fromany sourceidentifiedinpreceding at2205. 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT For the Northern District of California 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Dated: March___,2001 ($5,000,000.00) already having beenpostedwiththecourt. format suchrecordsarekeptintheordinary course ofbusiness. toassistthecourt inconnectionwiththedispute. expert 11. Thisorderiseffectiveimmediately, abond intheamountofFive MillionDollars 10. Notificationby plaintiffspursuanttothisOrdershallbeprovidedNapsterinthe 4 Northern DistrictofCalifornia United StatesDistrictCourt Chief Judge MARILYN HALL PATEL ______UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT For the Northern District of California 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 would be illusory. ability tonameherfiles,reliefdependentonplaintiffs’identifying each“specificinfringing file” 2. Given the limited time an infringing file may appear onthe system and the individual user’s that usermay haveassigned adifferentnameforherfile. on Napster.Anotherusermay log onandofferafilecontaining thesamecopyrighted material,but Napster system. Oncetheuserlogs offthesystem, thespecific infringing fileisnolonger available only available logged is is eachfile file the aslong userofferingobserves that onto asthe that containing copyrighted material that appear onthe Napster system at any given time. The court slip op.at2205(9thCir.Feb. 12,2001).Thislanguage appearstoreferthetitlesofspecificfiles files” containing copyrighted material. See 1. TheNinthCircuitdirectedthatplaintiffsprovidetoNapsterthenamesof“specificinfringing A&M Records,etal.v.Napster,Inc. ENDNOTES 5 , No.00-164001,