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If they e not audio recording devices, why do PCs come with sound cards and microphones?

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Just nine hours before a Friday midnight deadline would have shut down the Napster music-trading service, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hit the “Pause” button, granting the upstart its request for an emergency stay of an injunction issued last Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel. As a result, Napster can continue operating, unchanged, pending resolution of a suit filed last year by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) alleging massive copyright violations. Napster’s request for an expedited appeal was also granted: It has until August 18 to file a legal brief, with a response from the RIAA due September 8. Napster the company was not legally required to shut down Napster the trading service and community in order to comply with Wednesday’s injunction. But because most of the activity on the service involves the swapping of copyrighted material, the company acknowledged that the only practical way to comply was to pull the plug. The RIAA shed no t

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