User talk:Bcca15

hi brad

Hello, Bcca15! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking if shown; this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Neutralhomer • Talk • 21:05, 17 February 2011 (UTC) 21:05, 17 February 2011 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: Edit a page • Upload and use images • Create your first article Intuitive guide to Wikipedia • Article Creation Wizard Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Help desk: A Wiki Styled page to ask questions on Help directory: A comprehensive list-style help contents page Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons List of policies • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism • List of guidelines Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Simplified manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Peer review • Featured content Miscellaneous User pages • Talk pages Awards a registered contributor can achieve and award Clean up: General • Spam • Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Metallica v. Napster, Inc.

The Members include James Silvers, Brad Abel, and Eric Cook.

On April 13, 2000 Metallica filed a lawsuit against the file sharing company Napster. The attorney representing Metallica was Howard King and the judge ruling over the case was Federal Judge Marilyn Hall Patel. On July 11, 2000 Lars Ulrich, who acted as the lead spokesperson for the case, provided a statement to the senate Judiciary Committee regarding the copyright infringement. The suit consisted of three violations, Napster was accused of copyright infringement, unlawful use of digital audio interface , and violation of the Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act. Metallica argued that Napster was enabling users to exchange copyrighted MP3 files. By allowing their music to be shared, users were not paying sufficient homage to their grueling artistry. Metallica sought at least $10 million dollars in damages, which is based upon $100,000 per song illegally downloaded. Metallica also demanded that all of their songs not be available for sharing and the users responsible for sharing their music be banned from the service. This lead to over 300,000 users being banned from the service, 30,000 of which claimed they never shared any Metallica songs. This suit also named several universities to be held accountable for allowing students to illegally download music on their networks. These universities included University of Southern California, Yale University, and Indiana University. The court ruled in favor of Metallica and Napster was forced to block several songs from being downloaded and users banned. This court ruling led to Dr. Dre joining the suit and several other lawsuits by music artists, record companies, and the RIAA.

Online mentor

Hi there. I have signed up to be "online mentor", to you and to Silversj4467 (talk · contribs).

I did so at the request of Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation .

So...I'd like to know if I can help you, in any way.

Please leave me a note on my talk page.

I look forward to hearing from you. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  09:14, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

I guess you spoke w/ Silversj4467 (talk · contribs) - great; xe left a message on my talk page, see User_talk:Chzz#James_Silvers. And so, feel free to edit User:Silversj4467/sausages.

Yes, that is a stupid name for the page, but meh; welcome to Wikipedia!  Chzz  ►  23:54, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for responding! Nice to "meet" you, as it were.

So...I'm not entirely clear on what you both want to do on Wikipedia - but, whatever it is...if you need help, just ask. Any time.

For now...well, I firmly believe the best way to learn Wikipedia is by doing stuff. So, if you like, maybe look at this - which is, new pages that need some tidying up. Click 'edit' on any of 'em, and help out :-)

That's just an example; believe me, there's always plenty to do. Other interesting stuff might be the newly created pages, or the village pump or...for lighter relief, Wikipedia:List of unusual articles.

Wikipedia is massive - and thus, whilst it is supposed to be easy, it can be daunting. A steep learning curve. I hope to get you over it; just don't get too addicted :-)  Chzz  ►  00:35, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Re. User:Silversj4467/sausages - nice to see you're working on the article. If there's anything I can do to help, please let me know. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  22:20, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Progress update

Hi, I'm just checking in, to see how you are getting along - please let me know. Of course, if there's anything I can do to help, give me a shout too. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  09:05, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Metallica v. Napster, Inc.

The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 15 May 2011 (UTC)