Mini music label Blue Destiny Records has sued both Google and Microsoft for allegedly “facilitating and enabling” the illegal distribution of copyrighted songs.
Filed on Monday with a US federal court in Northern Florida, the suit is an attempt to choke off the distribution of Blue Destiny tunes on the Germany-based file-sharing service RapidShare, also named [...]
MORE THAN 15,000 BRITS who the music and film industries claim are ‘pirates’ may soon get legal letters accusing them of illegally sharing tunes, movies and games.
The letters are going to be sent out by ACS:Law next year and will tell the alleged filesharers to settle out of court for between £300 to £500 apiece [...]
File-sharing site The Pirate Bay should be closed, and if it isn’t, two of the founders will each have to pay a fine of 500,000 Swedish kronor (US$71,500), according to a verdict in the Stockholm District Court on Wednesday.
Back in May, the entertainment industry — represented by companies such as Sony, Universal, Disney and Paramount [...]
