Napster is an integrated browser and communications system provided by Napster, Inc. to enable individual Internet users a directory of Internet files created, named, and controlled by other Internet users. This system allows the user to select files and download from the other users' hard drives.
             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.
             The company instantly blossomed on www.download.com and received 300,000 hits in one day. Shawn realized the commercial potential and pursued the development further into an individual site.
             Napster is now the world's leading file sharing website. Not only does it enable users the ability to file share but it also provides instant messaging, chat rooms, and Hot List user bookmarks. The service has since amassed 20 million registered users who have downloaded the free software. This software enables the users to swap MP3's with each other, while the MP3's are never stored on the site. The company doesn't own or sell any music.
             The company employs thirty-nine people with an executive team of six persons. Napster, Inc....