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by DJ Neawedde | 18th October 2006
Universal Music files suit against Grouper, Bolt.com
On the day of the Google/YouTube acquisition, YouTube announced a licensing deal with Universal Music. Universal Music has come out swinging in their first online video-related lawsuit against two of the lesser-known online video sharing websites, Bolt.com and Sony’s recent acquisition, Grouper. (TechCrunch)
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[…] The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the trade group representing record companies around the world, has filed lawsuits against 8,000 alleged file sharers from 17 countries. This news comes just after Universal filed lawsuits against video sharing sites Grouper and Bolt.com. First time lawsuits were also filed in Brazil, Mexico and Poland by IFPI. According to the IFPI, over 1 billion music tracks have been illegally acquired in Brazil. IFPI also claims music sales in Brazil have been cut in half since 2000, when file sharing became polular there. The IFPI also claims that over 20 billion songs were illegally downloaded around the world last year. Along with Poland, Brazil and Mexico, Argentina, Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore and Switzerland were also targeted by the latest lawsuits. The alleged file sharers were using eDonkey, BitTorrent, DirectConnect, Gnutella, Limewire, WinMX or SoulSeek to acquire files. Because all of the 17 locations have legitimate access to legal download services, “there is no excuse†for the file sharing, according to IFPI chairman John Kennedy. Billboard via DailyTech […]
October 22nd, 2006 at 5:02 am