You knew it had to happen: once Australia’s Kazaa file sharing service was forced to pay damages and declare its intentions to go legit, the world’s largest records labels are turning their attention to still-running file sharing services. And on Friday August 4, Sony BMG, EMI Group, Universal Music, and Warner Music Group filed suit against peer-to-peer sharing service LimeWire in Manhattan federal court, alleging the company profits from "massive" copyright infringement on its network as users illegally download music. The suit seeks $150,000 for each song "willfully infringed" by LimeWire, and personally named LimeWire CEO Mark Gorton and COO Greg Bildson as defendants.
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Music group settles with 52 file sharers
The Recording Industry Association of America, which plans to file hundreds more lawsuits in October, did not specify how much it collected from the settlements it announced on Monday.
Defense lawyers familiar with some cases said payments ranged from $2,500 to $7,500 each, with at least one settlement for as much as $10,000.
No admission of wrongdoing
The settlements, which do not include any admission of wrongdoing, require Internet users to destroy copies of illegally downloaded songs and agree to “not make any public statements that are inconsistent” with the agreement.
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