EMI Music Publishing has filed a $100 million copyright infringement lawsuit against Infospace, a leading providers of ringtones, just three months after the U.S. register of copyrights issued a controversial administrative ruling about the licensing of ringtones. When EMI attempted to audit InfoSpace, the ringtone provider restricted access and provided incomplete documentation, the suit alleges. In addition, some of the songs InfoSpace has sold were restricted from the license agreement, the suit said.
January 31, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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EMI Music Publishing has filed a $100 million copyright infringement lawsuit against one of the leading providers of ringtones, just three months after the U.S. register of copyrights issued a controversial administrative ruling about the licensing of ringtones.
The EMI suit is the first significant copyright action taken by a music publisher against a ringtone provider. EMI Entertainment World Inc. v. Premium Wireless Services Inc., No. 07-CV-232 (S.D.N.Y.).
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