A U.S. judge has ruled largely in favor of music locker site MP3tunes in the copyright infringement suit brought by record label EMI. Judge William Pauley on Monday ruled that MP3tunes did not promote infringement with its online music storage service. EMI did win a smaller victory, Pauley ruling that MP3tunes must take down infringing files belonging to EMI and remove links to sites promoting piracy against EMI’s copyrights. MP3tunes will have to limit its users’ ability to add music from unauthorized websites.
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EMI Court Ruling Bolsters DMCA's Safe Harbor Provision
Posted by: Rob Spiegel August 23, 2011 12:31 PMA U.S. judge has ruled largely in favor of music locker site MP3tunes in the copyright infringement suit brought by record label EMI. Judge William Pauley on Monday ruled that MP3tunes did not promote infringement with its online music storage service. EMI did win a smaller victory, Pauley ruling that MP3tunes must take down infringing files belonging to EMI and remove links to sites promoting piracy against EMI’s copyrights. MP3tunes will have to limit its users’ ability to add music from unauthorized websites.