NAPSTER PULLS PLUG ON METALLICA'S LIST
The action was taken in response to a request from Metallica, which filed suit against the site last month. Earlier this month, Metallica presented Napster with a list of users who it claimed had illegally copied the band's songs.
"We intend to fully comply with the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) and our policies," reads a statement posted on the Napster site. "We will take down all users Metallica has alleged, under penalty of perjury, to be infringing."
The company said that users who feel they have been banned by mistake will be given the opportunity to submit a "counter notification" form.
The ban will only extend to users who shared versions of commercially released songs, and would not apply to "bootleg" recordings made at concerts.
