Another Napster lawsuit hits Bertelsmann, sued by Universal

By
Jan Willem Aldershoff
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Bertelsmann the record
company that bought Napster some years ago is now facing a lawsuit thanks to
Universal Music, a competitor. The company is looking for a fine of USD 150.000
per song traded on the Napster file sharing network. This is the second lawsuit
for Bertelsman regarding their ownage of Napster. Back in February, a group of
songwriters and two independent music publishers filed a lawsuit for 17 billion
USD.


The lawsuit accused Bertelsmann of firmly controlling
Napster when it was used by file-traders to pirate copyrighted works. "By
the time the Napster system was shut down, Bertelsmann had materially
contributed to, aided and facilitated millions upon millions of separate
acts of infringement by millions of Napster users," according to the suit,
filed late on Monday in New
York.

Source: AtNewYork

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