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Record Labels Sue MP3Board For Copyright Infringement

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Daily News Record Labels Sue MP3Board For Copyright Infringement

By Dick Kelsey, Newsbytes June 26, 2000

Major record labels today filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against music search engine MP3board.com, seeking to shut down the Web site for enabling Internet users to download recorded music for free.

BMG Music, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Bros. Records and other labels alleged in the suit that the MP3Board Web site's hypertext links to thousands of big-label recordings give Internet users access to download copyright-protected music.

The suit, filed in US District Court in Manhattan, comes three weeks after MP3board.com sued the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), asking that a California court stop the group from trying to shut down its Web site. That suit was in response a May 25 letter from the RIAA that MP3Board disable its Web site or remove links to pirated songs.

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