A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.
E1309627
UNEXPLORED
A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. is a landmark U.S. copyright infringement case in which major record labels successfully sued the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, helping to define the legal limits of online music sharing and digital piracy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18172935 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. Context triple: [Napster, notableCourtCase, A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.]
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A.
Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc. is a landmark 1991 U.S. copyright case that effectively transformed the legal treatment of digital sampling in hip-hop and popular music by ruling against Biz Markie for unauthorized use of a Gilbert O’Sullivan song.
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B.
Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc.
Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc. is a landmark U.S. copyright and trademark case in which the Ninth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Alex Kozinski, held that the song "Barbie Girl" was protected parody and did not infringe Mattel’s rights in the Barbie doll.
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C.
Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, Inc. is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court patent case that clarified the standards for induced infringement in the context of divided online method patents.
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D.
American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc.
American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc. is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case that held Aereo’s internet-based television streaming service violated broadcasters’ public performance rights under copyright law.
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E.
United States v. Microsoft Corp.
United States v. Microsoft Corp. was a major U.S. antitrust lawsuit in the late 1990s and early 2000s that challenged Microsoft's dominance in the personal computer operating systems market, particularly its practices related to bundling Internet Explorer with Windows.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. Target entity description: A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. is a landmark U.S. copyright infringement case in which major record labels successfully sued the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, helping to define the legal limits of online music sharing and digital piracy.
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A.
Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc. is a landmark 1991 U.S. copyright case that effectively transformed the legal treatment of digital sampling in hip-hop and popular music by ruling against Biz Markie for unauthorized use of a Gilbert O’Sullivan song.
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B.
Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc.
Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc. is a landmark U.S. copyright and trademark case in which the Ninth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Alex Kozinski, held that the song "Barbie Girl" was protected parody and did not infringe Mattel’s rights in the Barbie doll.
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C.
Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, Inc. is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court patent case that clarified the standards for induced infringement in the context of divided online method patents.
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D.
American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc.
American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc. is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case that held Aereo’s internet-based television streaming service violated broadcasters’ public performance rights under copyright law.
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E.
United States v. Microsoft Corp.
United States v. Microsoft Corp. was a major U.S. antitrust lawsuit in the late 1990s and early 2000s that challenged Microsoft's dominance in the personal computer operating systems market, particularly its practices related to bundling Internet Explorer with Windows.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
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