Web surfers rushed to the Napster music site last week after a judge's attempt to stop it trading songs was blocked by an appeals court.
Four times the normal number of visitors used the site following the decision on Friday.
The Napster site and software lets users copy MP3 music files from other user's hard drives. Groups ranging from Metallica to the Corrs have spoken out against it.
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