Music Ally

If YouTube has been slow to respond so far to the technical gremlins in its audio compression (see story earlier), it might be because it’s got legal issues on its mind. Specifically, another heavyweight media firm is suing YouTube for alleged copyright infringement. This time it’s Italian broadcaster Mediaset, which is owned (more…)

Michael Robertson certainly isn’t going to go quietly in his lawsuit against EMI. Although he’s vigorously denying that MP3Tunes’ locker service infringes labels’ copyrights, he’s also got a burning question about their strategy when it comes to suing startups. “If you look at the lawsuits that are pending, they seem to (more…)

In February, several major labels filed a lawsuit against Chinese web portal Baidu for copyright infringement, citing its deep-linking to sites offering illegal music downloads. Well, the case is now going to court - the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court to be precise (it’s like the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective (more…)