Madrid - The major record labels' units in Spain announced on Thursday that they have filed a $20 million copyright infringement claim in the country against Pablo Soto Bravo, the founder of MP2P Technologies -- which operates file-sharing sites including Piolet, Omemo and Blubster. In their complaint, the units of EMI, Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG, Universal Music and Warner Music (NYSE: WMG) -- represented in Spain by industry trade group Promusicae -- allege that Pablo Soto obtained profits from the sites both via paid advertising, and subscription plans.

Brussels - Delivering a setback to the global music industry's legal campaign against illegal file-sharing, the European Court of Justice has ruled that EU countries need not disclose the identities of suspected file-swappers in the course of civil lawsuits. The court found in favor of Spanish telco Telefonica, which argued that EU rules only stipulate that file-swapper identities must be disclosed in criminal proceedings.

Luxembourg - An advocate general of the European Union's highest court has ruled that, unlike in the U.S., Internet service providers in Europe should not be required to turn over the identities of suspected file-swappers sued for copyright infringement in civil court, Ars Technica reported.