help with a q and a on napster and copyright laws

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provide answer under the question, included references and answer the question complete…. make sure you review the documents provide.

Part 1: provide the answer under the question in paragraph form

6. describe the case and be sure to include the following topics:

• How did Napster tty to defend itself against RIAA’s claims? • What does contributory infringement of copyright mean and how did this affect Napster? • What does material contribution mean and how did this affect Napster? • What was the court decision about the case? What became of Napster?

7. describe the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

8. explain how the Digital Millennium Copyright Act affected the Napster music-piracy case.

9. discuss the impact you think this case study has from a legal, ethical, and information systems security perspective

Part 2: proive the answer under the question (no paragraph need)

1. What was the premise behind the Recording Industry Association of America’s lawsuit against Napster?

2. Based on your knowledge of how Napster worked, if you downloaded a copy of a song from a friend’s hard drive using Napster, would you be infringing on the musician’s or record company’s copyright?

3. Describe the scope of the Digital Millennium CopyrightAct and what or whom it protects.

4. What was the link between the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Napster legal proceedings?

5. What are the legal implications of Napster’s online music-sharing service?

6. What am the ethical implications of Napster’s online music-sharing service?

7. What are the information systems security implications of Napster’s service?

8. Why did Napster ultimately have to shut down its services?

9. True or false: Napster obtained direct financial benefit from the infringement of users.

10. If Napster had acted as a distributor and provided back-end royalties through RIAA to the original owners of copyrights to the music, do you think Napster would still be in existence and possibly one of the largest online music distributors?