LimeWire may be defunct as an operating business, but it remains enmeshed in litigation from various rightsholders. Merlin is the latest to reach a settlement with the company, following its lawsuit filed in July 2011 on behalf of its independent members.
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RIAA hails Megaupload shutdown as boon for legal music services
The RIAA has published a statement welcoming the shutdown of storage service Megaupload, and saying it should send some new users to legal services.
Former EMI exec says filesharers were biggest iTunes buyers
Remember Douglas Merrill? He’s the exec that EMI poached from Google in 2008 to be its worldwide president of digital, but who left the company a year later. Now, in his role as CEO of a company called ZestCash, he’s been talking about his experiences about the “collapsing” music industry. “The RIAA said it isn’t that we are making bad music, but the `dirty file sharing guys’ are the problem.
Merlin sues Lime Wire for more than $5m
Is suing Lime Wire now a bit like flinging lawsuits at the barn door after the horse has bolted? Not according to indie licensing body Merlin. It has filed a lawsuit against the defunct P2P firm for copyright infringement, demanding more than $5 million in damages.
CNET LimeWire lawsuit dropped, with promise of expanded action
Film producer Alki David made headlines earlier in the year by suing CBS for copyright infringement, over the availability of the LimeWire client software on its CNET subsidiary’s Download.com site. Several hip-hop artists were expected to be involved in the lawsuit as co-plaintiffs…
Music Ally Report : 99-cent problem?
– 99-cent problem?
– Beyond LimeWire
– Linn on why downloading doesn’t mean ‘low-quality’
– Market Profile: Chile
– Opinion: Joe Cohen, CEO, Seatwave
RIAA exec says distribution of Lime Wire damages will be down to labels
Ever since Lime Wire settled with labels for $105 million last week, there have been reports buzzing about whether artists would see any of the loot. Quotes attributed to the RIAA’s Jonathan Lamy hinted
Lime Wire settles with labels for $105 million
The federal trial to decide what damages Lime Wire should pay labels after losing its copyright infringement case won’t get to make that decision after all. Lime Wire has settled with the 13 labels involved in the case for $105 million…
Bronfman describes ‘devastating’ impact of Lime Wire
We promise, these Edgar Bronfman Jr quotes aren’t from three months ago… The WMG boss testified at the federal jury hearing into Lime Wire’s damages bill, saying that the drop in revenues caused by filesharing…
Lime Wire damages hearing kicks off with opening arguments
P2P firm Lime Wire has already been found liable for willful copyright infringement, but this week the hearing to decide what damages it should face has kicked off with opening statements from both sides.
CNET and CBS sued for distributing LimeWire P2P software
As the LimeWire lawsuit kicks off its damages hearing in New York, so another legal battle is starting focused on the now-dead P2P service. Film producer Alki David has teamed up with some hip-hop and R&B…
Lime Wire damages hearing kicks off this week
This week will see a New York jury decide how much Lime Wire and its founder Mark Gorton will have to pay in damages to major labels, having lost its copyright infringement lawsuit last year.