It is being claimed that, when the SPL was formed in 1998, it neglected to supply the Office of Fair Trading with a copy of its regulations and that this provides a loophole for Celtic to carry on without a licence.
For the court to rule in Napster's favor it would have to refine the concept of "fair use, " which lets the owner of a recording make a copy for personal use or for use by friends or family.
Copyright protection provides the owner exclusive rights to use, copy and adapt the fictional characters, as well as other related rights, subject only to copyright defenses such as fair use or expiration.