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Category — Cease & Desist
RIAA Sends Cease and Desist Letters to Youtube/Google Video Users
Categories: Big Media v Internet • BigMedia v NewTech • BigMedia v. P2P Users • Cease & Desist • iVOD/iTV
Post a few seconds of you or your friends dancing to an RIAA-member song on YouTube or Google Video? Expect a cease and desist letter from the RIAA.
Sources: ars technica | techdirt
Dale's Comment: I wonder how the RIAA is going to justify how a video of my sister contorting to the Chicken Dance is going to hurt their members' bottom lines.
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Del.icio.us Lyrics Dustup Ends in Apology
Categories: Big Media v Internet • BigMedia v NewTech • Cease & Desist
Warner Chappel Music apologizes for cease and desist letter sent to software programmer to pull the PearLyrics application that displays lyrics when a song is being played in iTunes.
Sources: Wired | Red Herring | The Register | MacWorld | EFF’s Dec 13 Letter to Warner | PearLyrics Website
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P2P Companies to Exit Business as RIAA Cease and Desist Letters Flow
Categories: BigMedia v P2P Providers • Cases • Cease & Desist
