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UMG Recordings, Inc. et al. v. MP3.com, Inc.
The Recording Industry Association of America filed suit against MP3.com alleging copyright violations stemming from the company's new service that gives consumers access to digital copies of their CDs.
The lawsuit, filed on January 21, 2000, in the Southern District of New York, seeks to prohibit the company from providing the Instant Listening service which offers customers instant access to digital copies of CDs that they buy through MP3.com partners. The RIAA suit also encompasses the "Beam-It" service that enables customers to put CDs in their computers and have MP3 versions put into their online accounts from MP3.com's database.
On April 28, 2000, U.S. District Court Judge Jed S. Rakoff ruled that by allowing consumers to store music on the My.MP3.com Web site for future downloading, MP3.com violated United States copyright protections. Click on the link below to read Judge Rakoff's May 4, 2000 written opinion.
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UMG Recordings, Inc., et al. v. MP3.com Opinion
UMG Recordings, Inc., et al. v. MP3.com Complaint
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