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French Indie Label Group SPPF Sues YouTube Over Copyrights

Authored 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.
tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | Music | Google | YouTube | France | Copyright | SPPF |

French Record Labels Sue P2P Firms Vuze, LimeWire, Others

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 18, 2008 - 11:52am.

Paris - A French record label trade group has filed suit against U.S.-based peer-to-peer software distributors Vuze, Limewire, Morpheus and Shareaza, alleging they facilitate mass copyright infringement, TorrentFreak reported.

tags: Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Music | Morpheus | LimeWire | Vuze | SPPF | Shareaza | Sourceforge |