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A website through which hundreds of New York residents have searched for, purchased, stored, and shared copyrighted music files has "transacted business" in New York for purposes of the state's long-arm statute, and is subject to jurisdiction there, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York held Sept. 29. Capitol Records, Inc. v. MP3tunes, LLC [SD NY, 2008].

In A.L. Enterprises, Inc. v. Sebron, a Utah court ruled that highly interactive websites, such as those that use shopping carts like Google Checkout or others.