
ShareTweet Even as MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) has floundered in recent years, it’s hung on to an important user base—artists, particularly musicians, who have relied on the site to provide them with a digital home on the web and a place to showcase their work. Now that the site has laid off half its employees, some [...]

ShareTweet Record labels finally will have to face an antitrust lawsuit that dates back to the early days of digital music, thanks to a Supreme Court order today. The high court declined to hear an appeal from the four major recorded music labels, asking the high court to throw out a lawsuit that claims the [...]
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Joe Mullin from Paidcontent examines the issue of whether labels can really quantify damages from users using Limewire to infringe on copyrighted music content

ShareTweet In many ways, it seems like the “bad old days” between content and internet companies are over. While Viacom’s high-profile copyright lawsuit against YouTube is moving to an appeals court, dozens of companies have struck deals with YouTube to split ad revenue. Yet the recording industry has pushed ahead with a uniquely aggressive approach [...]

ShareTweet Now that a court injunction has shut down the LimeWire file-sharing service, the only thing left for LimeWire lawyers to do is argue for lower damages—and that’s looking like an uphill battle. The injunction just signed by U.S. District Court Judge Kimba Wood, of the Southern District of New York, uses some tough language [...]