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Vimeo Sued For Audio Infringement

Posted by kdawson on from the no-more-lip-dub-for-you dept.

USS_Natas writes "Capitol Records and other labels have sued Vimeo in federal court, charging that the site's emphasis on 'original works' only extends to videos, and that songs are widely used on Vimeo without a license. The plaintiffs hope to prove that Vimeo staffers know about the infringement, since they've been doing it themselves." NewTeeVee has a PDF of the court filing in a Scribd frame.

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  1. Re:All these suits and money changing hands by maxwell+demon · · Score: 4, Interesting

    As long as you don't try to own Steve Jobs' farting - his are inaudible.

    You mean he's violating the copyright of John Cage?

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  2. Re:Seriously true... by tepples · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So you think they'd still be sued if everybody used freely-licensed music

    Yes, because ASCAP will be able to dig up something non-free that was written in the past 95 years and happens to sound like the freely-licensed music, making the free license invalid. We could end up with another Bright Tunes Music v. Harrisongs Music on our hands.