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Universal Music Sues MySpace

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hey-that's-our-money dept.

Grooves writes "Universal Music is suing MySpace for copyright infringement. Universal threatened to sue YouTube before the Google acquisition was announced, so now it looks like they have moved on to the next target. Ars speculates that Universal is really after a piece of the action. 'On the morning of the Google-YouTube deal, Universal — along with Sony BMG and CBS — signed a licensing agreement with YouTube. If MySpace were to sign a similar agreement with the label, there is little doubt that the lawsuit would disappear.'"

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  1. Universal Lawyers by MrNonchalant · · Score: 3, Funny

    What is it with companies starting with "Universal" and web 2.0 litigation?

    1. Re:Universal Lawyers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      You could say it's a Universal habit with those companies...

  2. Just sue the Internet by Ryan+Mallon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Universal Music, RIAA, etc should stop thinking so small. All this pirated, or copyright infringing content is on the Internet right? Why not just sue the Internet and get it over with ;-).

    1. Re:Just sue the Internet by troll+-1 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Maybe they should sue DARPA.

  3. Extortion? You have no idea.... by 8127972 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here's how the phone call went....

    MySpace: Hello?

    Universal: MySpace? Nice website you have there. It would be a shame if anything happened to it.

    MySpace: What?

    Universal: You could make this "problem" go away if you gave us a "donation." Otherwise, something bad is going to happen. Capiche?

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  4. Slashdot good vs evil decision by imunfair · · Score: 3, Funny

    These are the sacred rules of Slashdot to decide which of the two opposing parties is actually the good one in any given fight. If both parties are equal, proceed to the next step.

    1. Small business = good, big business = bad
    2. open source = good, proprietary = bad
    3. rootkits = bad
    4. suing people = bad
    5. lots of patents = bad
    6. internet related = good
    7. given all above items are equal, put on wizard's cap and role 16-sided die for one party. If it is even they are good; odd is evil. first poster to declare their results determines the outcome unless they make a typo - in which case the first person calling them an idiot or troll will determine the good/evil ratio of the two opposing parties.

  5. PARADOX! by XnavxeMiyyep · · Score: 3, Funny

    I want MySpace to lose money, but I don't want Universal Music to get money by suing people.... well, I guess if I support lawyers, then I win no matter what!

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    I put the 't' in electrical engineering.
  6. Re:Im suing myspace too... by kfg · · Score: 2, Funny

    for blindness. . . made me take an olive fork and start stabbing.

    Good to hear from you. Give my love to your mother. - Dad

    KFG