In December of 1999, Napster received an indictment from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which informed them that Napster, Inc. was being sued for copyright infringement. The date of the final hearing has been set for the first of October. If Napster loses the suit, it will be forced to shut down and at least 45 jobs will be terminated or it will be forced to pay $100 million. The forced shut down of Napster would also imfringe on the user's First Amendment rights of the users and the company.

Napster, Inc. was founded by Shawn Fanning. He developed the original application and service in January of 1999 while he was a freshman at Northeastern University. Encouraged by two of his friends and with a cash donation from a family friend, he quit college and moved to the Silicon Valley and started the company in May of 1999.

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The RIAA is not against digital music. In fact, the labels that the RIAA supports are making efforts to go digital. Three of the five major labels (EMI, Sony and Universal) are now offering digital downloads on the Internet. Soon they will also be offering a subscription-based service to consumers.

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