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NYTimes: Kazaa Pays $10 Million to Settle Music Publishers' Lawsuit

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 2, 2006 - 2:10pm.
New York - The operators of the Kazaa file-sharing network have agreed to pay $10 million to music publishers to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit, The New York Times reported on Thursday.

A "person with knowledge of the agreement" provided the figure, following the National Music Publishers' Association's (NMPA) announcement yesterday that a "substantial sum" would be paid by Kazaa to settle the 2001 lawsuit.

In July, Kazaa agreed to pay at least $115 million to settle similar copyright suits with record labels, and alter its service to filter copyrighted works.

Related Links:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/02/technology/02patent.html
http://www.nmpa.org/pressroom/showrelease.asp?id=122
http://www.kazaa.com
tags: Law | Lawsuits | Settlements | Tech | P2P | Piracy | Music | NMPA | Kazaa |

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