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Napster Inc. created a file-sharing network that allowed users to transmit, access, download, and share music files from their computers, as well as other users’ computers/machines. Because of this, A&M Records Inc. alleged that Napster used copyrighted music without permission, and therefore was guilty of copyright infringement. Specifically, Napster was found in violation of the fair use policy, since the purpose of Napster was not transformative (since Napster was used to directly download and transfer the original music), and could be considered a commercial purpose (even though Napster didn’t directly profit from the music file transfers, it was still used for copying and transmitting works of music that were usually sold for profit). However, Napster was still allowed to distribute music as long as the artists gave Napster permission to do so.
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