s ▁una ut hor ized ▁dup lication ▁of ▁essentially ▁every ▁music ▁CD ▁ever ▁made ▁for ▁the ▁purposes ▁of ▁launch ing ▁a ▁service ▁entitled ▁My . MP 3 . com ▁or ▁" Be am - it ", ▁which ▁allowed ▁users ▁to ▁access ▁their ▁private ▁music ▁collections ▁online ▁from ▁anywhere ▁in ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁With ▁this ▁decision , ▁the ▁court ▁drew ▁a ▁distinction ▁between ▁time ▁sh ifting ▁and ▁space ▁sh ifting , ▁which ▁had ▁previously ▁been ▁allowed , ▁and ▁" virtual " ▁space ▁sh ifting ▁as ▁pract iced ▁by ▁My . MP 3 . com . ▁ ▁Before ▁accessing ▁a ▁song ▁from ▁MP 3 . com ' s ▁servers , ▁a ▁subscri ber ▁first ▁had ▁to ▁" pro ve " ▁that ▁he ▁already ▁owned ▁the ▁CD ▁by ▁placing ▁his ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁commercial ▁CD ▁into ▁his ▁computer ' s ▁CD - ROM ▁drive ▁for ▁several ▁seconds ▁or ▁by ▁purch asing ▁the ▁CD ▁from ▁one ▁of ▁def endant ' s ▁co oper ating ▁online ▁ret ail ers . ▁Id . ▁However , ▁it ▁was ▁MP 3 . com ▁doing ▁the ▁copying ▁from ▁the ▁CD s ▁onto ▁their ▁servers , ▁and ▁the ▁court ▁found ▁this ▁copying ▁not ▁a ▁fair ▁use . ▁ ▁U M G ▁argued , ▁in ▁part , ▁that ▁the ▁copying ▁was ▁not ▁covered ▁by ▁fair ▁use ▁because ▁entire ▁CD s ▁were ▁copied ▁( inst ead ▁of ▁ex cer pts ) ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁use ▁was ▁a ▁commercial ▁one ▁( even ▁though ▁no ▁fee ▁was ▁charged , ▁it ▁was ▁supported ▁by ▁ad ▁re venue