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------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: Chris Chiu <CCHIU@aclu.org> To: gilc-plan@gilc.org Date sent: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 14:17:46 -0400 Subject: [GILC-plan] Music companies sue Net providers to block Chinese site
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2201686.stm
A group of major record labels have sued internet service providers to block access to a website they claim allows people to copy music.
The copyright infringement suit was filed in Manhattan federal court by companies including Universal, BMG, Sony and Warner Brothers.
It demanded that internet providers including AT&T, Cable & Wireless, Sprint and WorldCom block access to Listen4ever.com.
The record companies claim Listen4ever.com allows users to download music from a central location containing thousands of files, enabling them to make illegal copies. ...
The site's domain name was registered in January 2002 by an individual in Tianjin, east of the Chinese capital, Beijing.
But the record companies say any information on who runs the site is "strikingly absent" from it. ...
An AT&T spokeswoman told the New York Times the company had never before been asked to block access to a foreign site. Access to the site had been blocked by Saturday night.
Sincerely, Christopher Chiu Global Internet Liberty Campaign Organizer American Civil Liberties Union 125 Broad Street New York NY 10004 USA Phone: (212) 549-2535 Email: cchiu@aclu.org
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