Just before the closing bell on Friday, Universal filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Grooveshark’s parent company, Escape Media Group
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Grooveshark and the Copyright Pirates
November 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Copyright, Internet, Popular
Tags:Copyright·copyrighted·Escape Media·Grooveshark·infringement·internet streaming·music·piracy·pirate·Pirate Bay·songs·UMG·Universal
Trademark Your Oink! Oink!
August 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Popular, Trademark
You Can’t Sing That on TV!
June 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Copyright, Popular
Bryan Adams still won’t let the Glee kids use his songs (though Coldplay finally relented)
The RIAA Will Sue Your Grandma
May 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Copyright, Technology
If you remember that RIAA lawyers are so aggressive they will not hesitate to sue your deceased grandmother, perhaps that will deter you from your illicit quest to download “I Wanna Know What Love Is” for free
Tags:Copyright·infringement·music·RIAA
Pub Owners Raise A Pint
February 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Copyright
Publicans across the British Isles stand to recover as much as £20 million in their ongoing legal battle over the payment of copyright fees for playing music at their pubs. A High Court ruling yesterday found in the favor of pubs, restaurants, and hotels, and dismissed the appeal by Phonographic Performance Ltd, which had introduced [...]
“Men” Down in Case Down Under
February 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Copyright
The 80′s Australian pop-rock band Men at Work, whose vegemite-themed hit “Down Under” vaulted them into superstardom — winning them a Grammy for Best New Artist, and earning them a place in rock history as the only Aussie band to have ever concurrently had a No. 1 album and single in the U.S. – has [...]
Baidu Beats Piracy Charges
January 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Copyright, Popular
A Chinese court found no wrongdoing by Baidu in a copyright infringement case launched against the largest search engine in China some two years ago by Universal Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment Hong Kong and Warner Music Hong Kong. The Beijing court ruled that the search engine had not broken the law by linking downloads [...]
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