News: On Friday, Universal Music Group sued MySpace, the social networking site, for allegedly encouraging its users to share music and music videos on its site without authorization of the copyright owners. According to the complaint, MySpace ”encourages, facilitates and participates in the unauthorized reproduction, adaptation, distribution and public performance.” (Several weeks ago, Universal reached a licensing deal with YouTube, staving off a suit against YouTube.) (More from SFGate)
Analysis: It’s too bad negotiations broke down between the two sides. I don’t really follow MySpace that closely, so I have no basis to evaluate what “encouragement” MySpace might be giving to its users to use copyrighted music without authorization. I imagine if YouTube had not struck a deal with Universal, YouTube would have been sued by Universal as well.
November 20, 2006 at 11:01 pm |
yea i heard about it too, i also blogged about it as well.
i like your post, feel free to check out mine as well if you have time
http://mediafan.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/myspace-truly-a-place-for-music/