[jhowell]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Napster was peer-to-peer but they were sued for "contributory infringement."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26M_...._Napster,_Inc.

Napster was also famously sued by Metallica, but I think that one was settled rather than going to court.

Also Capitol Records, Inc. v. Thomas-Rasset:

Capitol Records, Inc. v. Thomas-Rasset was the first file-sharing copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States brought by major record labels to be tried before a jury. The defendant, Jammie Thomas-Rasset, was found liable to the plaintiff record company for making 24 songs available to the public for free on the Kazaa file sharing service and ordered to pay $220,000.