The attitude of the person making a complaint never influences the filing of that complaint.

1. what was the premise behind the recording industry association of america’s lawsuit against napster? 2. based on your knowledge of how napster worked, if you downloaded a copy of a song from a friend’s hard drive using napster, would you be infringing on the musician’s or record company’s copyright? 3. describe the scope of the digital millennium copyright act and what or whom it protects. 4. what was the link between the digital millennium copyright act and the napster legal proceedings? 5. what are the legal implications of napster’s online music-sharing service?

Which of the following selections is least useful for supporting the claim that states intentionally built unequal school systems? question 1 options: the supreme court ruling in plessy v. ferguson (1896) wrote into law that america had two separate societies: one black and one white. it was very clear by the mid-1900s that southern states had expertly built separate educational systems. these schools, however, were never equal. states with laws keeping schools segregated never gave equal amounts of money to their black and white schools. ten years after brown, fewer than 10 percent of southern public schools had integrated. some areas did not comply at all.

The defendant is charged with the battery of a bouncer at a local tavern. at the trial, the prosecutor introduces evidence that while the bouncer was attempting to question the defendant about her intoxicated demeanor, the defendant committed a battery on the bouncer. the defendant attempts to defend against the charge on the basis of self-defense, insisting that the bouncer used excessive force in stopping her from entering the tavern. the defendant attempts to introduce into evidence an authenticated copy of the tavern records that show that three patrons had written complaints against the bouncer within the past six months for the use of excessive force. the prosecutor objects on the grounds that the records are inadmissible character evidence. should the court sustain the objection?