Warned by the music industry, Web site files suit

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MP3Board.com Inc. has filed suit against the Recording Industry Association of America, asking Judge Ronald M. Whyte to declare that MP3 shouldn't be held liable for infringement of copyright if it offered results of an automated search that could possibly include pirated songs that are copyrighted. The association sent a cease-and-desist letter to MP3 on May 25, and has claimed that the Web site aggressively steers people to copyrighted music. Experts say that the judge's decision could affect other major search engines such as Yahoo and Excite@home, given that it concerns issues that have confounded copyright lawyers so far.

Laws, regulations and rules, Product liability, Online information services, Products liability, Search engines, Internet search software, MP3Board.com Inc.

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Movie and record companies sue a film trading site

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The motion picture and movie industries have filed a lawsuit against Scour.com. This Web site trades music and movies for free over the Internet. Similar to the Napster.com issue, the Web site is allegedly violating copyright law.

Motion picture industry, Movie industry, Sound recording industry, Recording industry, Patents, Patent/copyright issue, Scour Inc.

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Aimster heads down a path already taken by Napster; but music industry victory is not so certain

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Aimster is facing a copyright lawsuit from the Recording Industry of America but, unlike Napster, the outcome of this case may be entirely different. Experts say that the method users exchange files on the two services, Napster and Aimster, have crucial differences like communication between private e-mail messages between the two users.

Company legal issue, Aimster

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