Just after Napster began tighting its grip on filtering songs from their music service, Judge Marilyn Patel issued a memorandum stating that the music industry, not Napster, is responsible for tracking down specific file names used to identify copyrighted songs.

Napster's most recent efforts to block copyrighted songs had the service blocking common words in the English language. But now with Judge Patel's new memorandum, the file-swapping program seems to be no long responsible for blocking altered MP3 file names, like Janet Jaxson instead of Janet Jackson, unless the artist's music label specifically identify it.

Patel also added that A.J. Nichols, a technical expert with over 25 years of experience in the development of hardware and software products, is preparing a report on possible ways to improve Napster's filtering system in the future.