15th February 2001

Napster court ruling

comprises: if an organisation or body comprises a number of people or things, it has them as its members or its parts

intellectual property: in this case intellectual property refers to the ideas and inventions that have potential monetary value

trade asset: a company's trade assets are all the things it owns which could be sold for money

stand idly by: to stand idly by is to ignore the consequences of a particular action, or to do nothing

jeopardy: if something or someone is said to be in jeopardy they are in a dangerous situation, where something bad might happen to them

swap: when you swap something with someone, you give it to them and receive something else in return

to make it happen:if we make something happen we succeed in a particular activity, we can do it

spring up from the ashes: something that springs up from the ashes is something that continues to exist after seemingly being destroyed.

genie: a magical being, often living in a bottle, that obeys the orders of the person owning it. The person who releases the genie from the bottle is granted a number of wishes