Metallica v. Napster, Inc.

Metallica v. Napster, Inc.
Court	United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Full case name	Metallica v. Napster, Inc.
Court membership
Judge(s) sitting	Marilyn Hall Patel

Metallica, et al. v. Napster, Inc. was a 2000 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California case^[1] that focused on copyright infringement, racketeering, and unlawful use of digital audio interface devices. Metallica vs. Napster, Inc. was the first case that involved an artist suing a peer-to-peer file sharing ("P2P") software company.^{[citation needed]}