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Date: 2000-04-28
MP3.com verliert gegen RIAA
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Wie es aussieht, haben die Repräsentanten der durchaus
verstaubten Analog/industrie namens RIAA gegen MP3.com in der
ersten Runde re/üssiert.
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MP3.com loses legal battle to RIAA By John Borland Staff Writer,
CNET News.com April 28, 2000, 12:35 p.m. PT
update The record industry won a key victory in its legal battle
against MP3.com today, as a federal judge said the Internet
company had violated industry copyrights.
"Plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment holding defendant
liable for copyright infringement is hereby granted," U.S. district
judge Jed Rakoff wrote in a one-page decision.
The decision is a potentially crushing blow for MP3.com, as the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has asked for
damages that could exceed $6 billion. Damages have not yet been
determined in the case.
RIAA chief executive Hilary Rosen released a short comment, saying
only that she was "pleased" with the court's decision.
The lawsuit, which has been closely watched by people in the music
and technology industries, will mark an important precedent in
determining how far Internet companies can stretch existing
copyright rules in their attempts to find new ways of distributing
music online.
The case involves the company's "My.MP3.com" service, which
allows customers to listen to their CDs through the company's Web
site.
Unlike other similar services, which ask their customers to upload
music to online "storage lockers" for later access, MP3.com copied
and stored a database of close to 80,000 CDs on its own servers.
Customers could tap into this database if they proved they had their
own copy of the CD.
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published on: 2000-04-28
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