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A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 1004 (2001) was a landmark intellectual property case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the ruling of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, holding that defendant, peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing service Napster, could be held liable for contributory infringement and vicarious infringement of the plaintiffs' copyrights. This was the first major case to address the application of copyright laws to peer-to-peer file-sharing.
Since the case is referred to as A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, the full list of plaintiffs included a number of record companies, all members of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The plaintiffs in the District Court suit were:
A&M Records, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group
Geffen Records, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group
Interscope Records, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group
Sony Music Entertainment
MCA Records, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group
Atlantic Records, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group
Island Records, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group
Motown Records, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group
Capitol Records, a subsidiary of EMI
LaFace Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment
BMG Music d/b/a The RCA Records Label, subsidiaries of Sony Music Entertainment
Universal Records, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group
Elektra Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group
Arista Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment
Sire Records Group, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group
Polygram Records, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group
Virgin Records America, a subsidiary of EMI
Warner Bros. Records, a subsidiary of Warner Music GroupUniversal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI, and Warner Music Group are known as the "big four" in the music industry. Of this list, only A&M, Geffen, Interscope, Sony, MCA, Atlantic, Island, and Motown are listed as plaintiffs on the appeal. Additionally, American songwriters and producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller are included on the Circuit Court appeal, representing the interests of "all others similarly situated."

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