Patel issued an opinion late Thursday that clarified what the record companies must give Napster to trigger filtering, but she put off much of the decision on whether the filters are working well enough. The judge said that the record labels must hand Napster the names of individual files that are being traded on the service, a point that has sparked some contention. She also asked both sides to submit new testimony within two weeks on how much information could be given to Napster about new releases before those albums hit the shelves. Patel said that no decision will be made on how well the filters are working, however, until a court-appointed technical mediator has a chance to dig into the technology involved. No date has been set for his final report.
Music industry is doom anyway.
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