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"conduit" for copyright material for two reasons First, the court held Napster's role in the transmission of MP3 files does not occur through Napster's system, as required in the Act [60] In other words, Napster allows users to locate and directly exchange MP3 files by routing the request of a user to another user's browser instead of transmitting the files through its system, meaning although the connection could not take place without Napster's services, the transmission over the Internet is directly between the requesting and host users [61] Therefore, the court found section 512(1) is not applicable, as it only applies to providers "transmitting     6

Law Journal Articles Referring to this Case

Journal Article Title	Citation(s)	Author	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text		Citation Index
"The Legitimacy of Graduated Response Schemes in Copyright Law"	(2011) 34 University of New South Wales Law Journal 1	Suzor, Nicolas; Fitzgerald, Brian	Australia	circa 2011	AustLII		6
"The Right to Anonymous Association in Cyberspace: US Legal Protection for Anonymity in Name, in Face, and in Action"	(2010) 71 SCRIPT-ed 51	M Kim	United Kingdom	circa 2010	BAILII
"Legislation Notes"	(2008) 14 Auckland University Law Review 269	Hallett-Hook, Tom	New Zealand	circa 2008	NZLII
Internet Service Provider Liability for Copyright Infringements of Subscribers: American and Australian Developments	[2002] MurUEJL 51	Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law	Australia	circa 2002	AustLII
"The Napster Appeal"	(2001) 5 Southern Cross University Law Review 262	Dehlsen, Peter	Australia	circa 2001	AustLII
"The Napster Decision: Implications for Copyright Law in the Digital Age"	(2000-2001) 21 University of Queensland Law Journal 245	Holthusen, Sarah	Australia	circa 2001	AustLII