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LawsuitsMCS Music Files Copyright Suit Against Yahoo, Microsoft, RealAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 7:24am.
 Nashville, Tenn. - MCS Music America,
a company that provides administration and manages copyrights for some 45,000
music tracks, has filed copyright infringement claims against Yahoo (NASD: YHOO), Microsoft (NASD: MSFT)
and RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK), alleging the companies did not obtain all the proper
permissions for using its tracks on their service, Techdirt reported. On its
website, MCS Music America
says it administers copyrights for artists including Elvis Presley, Tina
Turner, Mariah Carey, Metallica and Moby, among others.
RIAA Wins Copyright Judgment Against Usenet.comAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 6:00am.
 Los Angeles
- The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced on Wednesday
that a federal court has ruled in its favor in a copyright infringement lawsuit
it filed against Usenet.com. According to CNET's coverage, U.S. District Judge
Harold Baer of the Southern District of New York found Usenet.com -- which
offers access to the twenty-year-old Usenet network -- guilty of direct,
contributory and vicarious copyright infringement.
Former NCAA Players Sue EA Over Likenesses in Football GamesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 8:01am.
Los Angeles
- A number of former college football players have filed suit against
Electronic Arts (NASD: ERTS), alleging the company included their likenesses in its
"NCAA Football" video games without permission, GamePolitics
reported.
Report: Jammie Thomas-Rasset Rejects RIAA Settlement OfferAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 30, 2009 - 6:10am.
Los Angeles
- Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the woman recently found guilty of copyright
infringement on a file-sharing network and ordered to pay $1.9 million in damages,
has rejected a settlement offer from the record labels, CNET News.com reported.
RIAA P2P Case Tally in Court Brief Differs With EstimatesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 29, 2009 - 10:49am.
Boston
- The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said in court documents
filed this month that it had settled with 4,000 of the 18,000 people it
contacted about their alleged infringements on file-sharing networks, although
other estimates peg the total number of proceedings at nearly double that
figure, Digital Music News reported.
Supreme Court Declines Case; Cablevision DVR Remains LegalAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 29, 2009 - 6:37am.
 Washington
- The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal challenging the legality of
Cablevision's (NYSE: CVC) network-based digital video recorder service, which the
television networks and movie studios had charged amounted to copyright infringement.
Unlike a TiVo, which stores recorded programs locally on a hard drive in the
consumer's home, Cablevision's "remote storage" digital video
recorder stores recorded programs on the company's own servers, and streams
them on demand to customers.
Apple Sued Over iTunes Gift Cards, Price Hike to $1.29 SongsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 26, 2009 - 8:39am.
San Francisco - Apple (NASD: AAPL) has been sued for
breach of contract and consumer fraud by two Illinois residents, who claim the company
misled them by marketing its gift cards for the iTunes Store as redeemable for
99-cent songs, when in fact some songs now cost $1.29 each, CNET News.com
reported.
Swedish Court Rejects Bias Charges Against Pirate Bay JudgeAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 25, 2009 - 7:57am.
 Stockholm,
Sweden - A
Swedish appellate court has rejected charges from the administrators of
file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay that the judge who found them guilty of copyright
infringement was biased because of his ties to several pro-copyright groups,
Ars Technica reported. Judge Tomas Norström is a member of the Swedish
Copyright Association, and sits on the board of the Swedish Association for the
Protection of Industrial Property, which the Pirate Bay
administrators charged would bias him in the case against them.
"Mafia Wars" Game Maker Zynga Sues "Mobsters" Maker PlaydomAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 23, 2009 - 8:08am.
San Francisco
- Zynga, a developer of online games for social media, has filed suit against
rival Playdom over ads the company placed for its "Mobsters" game on
Facebook, arguing that they are misleading consumers interested in its own "Mafia
Wars" title, PaidContent reported.
German Court Orders RapidShare to Proactively Filter SongsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 23, 2009 - 6:52am.
Berlin
- A German court has sided with copyright society GEMA against free
file-hosting service Rapidshare, which must now monitor its site to ensure that
some 5,000 songs are not posted for distribution on its servers, Billboard
reported.
Record Labels Sue Irish ISPs to Force 'Three-Strikes' P2P PolicyAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 22, 2009 - 11:39am.
Dublin, Ireland - After suing Ireland's largest ISP Eircom
and getting the company to agree to voluntarily implement a
"three-strikes" policy on file-swappers, the four major record labels
have now sued the country's second-largest telco, BT Ireland, and cable
operator UPC, to get them to follow suit, the Irish Times reports.
Italian Judge Orders $3.3M Forfeiture From Music WebsitesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 19, 2009 - 10:12am.
Milan, Italy - A judge in Italy has ordered some $3.3 million
to be forfeited by the operators of several websites offering free,
unauthorized music downloads, Billboard reported.
RIAA "Willing to Settle" File-Sharing Case for Under $2 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 19, 2009 - 8:33am.
Duluth, Minn. - After winning a $1.92 million copyright
infringement jury verdict against Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a single mother of four
found guilty of illegal file-sharing, the Recording Industry Association of
America (RIAA) says it is still open to settling on different terms.
Jury Orders Jammie Thomas to Pay $1.9M for Sharing 24 SongsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 18, 2009 - 12:42pm.
Duluth, Minn. - A jury has awarded the record labels
that sued Jammie Thomas-Rasset for copyright infringement
on a file-sharing network $1.92 million in damages, or $80,000 for each of the 24 songs she shared, the
Recording Industry vs. The People blog reported. After three days of testimony
this week, closing arguments were heard on Thursday before the jury began
deliberations in the case.
Harvard Law Prof. Admonished by Judge in File-Sharing CaseAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 18, 2009 - 12:37pm.
Boston - Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson, who is defending Boston student Joel
Tenenbaum against charges of copyright infringement on a file-sharing network
by Sony (NYSE: SNE), has been admonished by the judge for some of his legal tactics, Ars
Technica reported.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Music | RIAA | Copyright | Sony Music | Charles Nesson | Joel Tenenbaum |
French Indie Label Group SPPF Sues YouTube Over CopyrightsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 18, 2009 - 10:32am.
Paris - SPPF, a French royalty collection society for
independent record labels, has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against
Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube, claiming $13.9 million in damages over videos removed from
YouTube at SPPF's request last year that have since reappeared, Billboard
reports.
EMI Sues Streaming Music Service GroovesharkAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 18, 2009 - 10:26am.
 London
- Major record label EMI has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Grooveshark,
a site that streams free music from all four major labels, All Things D
reported. Launched in 2006, Florida-based Grooveshark initially offered a
peer-to-peer file-sharing application, but has since switched its focus to
providing a free streaming music service.
Jammie Thomas Admits Hard Drive Swap, Pleads InnocenceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 17, 2009 - 11:06am.
Duluth, Minn. - Jammie Thomas-Rasset took the
witness stand in her own defense on Wednesday, against charges from the RIAA
that she infringed copyrights by sharing songs on the Kazaa file-sharing
network, Ars Technica reported. A day earlier, attorneys for the record labels
had called several experts who had examined Thomas-Rasset's computer hard
drive, which the defendant admitted had been replaced during the period between
when she received was initially accused of copyright infringement, and when she
eventually turned the drive over as evidence.
Jammie Thomas Retrial Sees First Day in CourtAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 16, 2009 - 12:31pm.
Duluth, Minn. - The retrial of accused file-swapper
Jammie Thomas-Rasset began on Tuesday with jury selection, opening arguments
and testimony from Sony Entertainment and MediaSentry, according to published
reports.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Music | RIAA | Copyright | Kazaa | MediaSentry | Sony Music | Jammie Thomas | Kiwi Camara |
Amazon.com Pays $51 Million to Settle Toys R Us LawsuitAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 15, 2009 - 8:46am.
New York
- Online retailer Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) has agreed to pay $51 million to settle a lawsuit
with toy retailer Toys R Us over their partnership to sell toys online, the
Associated Press reported.
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