![]() ![]() I’m guessing the MPAA’s win against Hotfile in Florida may have something to do with the choice of venues.īut the reason this story is worth covering has little to do with MP3Skull itself. Frankly, I don’t know nearly enough about how MP3Skull works to have much of an opinion on the legal basis for the lawsuit, but it does seem odd that the labels are suing in Florida, when they’re mostly based in NY and MP3Skull is most likely based in Russia. At first I wasn’t even sure if it was worth covering the lawsuit as it seemed rather typical of similar lawsuits that the legacy entertainment industry has filed against a variety of sites and services. ![]() That site has been around for a while, and is one quite frequently cited by copyright maximalists as an example of a “bad” player in helping people find unauthorized copies of music. It appears that the strategy of using lawsuits is now well underway with the major labels all teaming up to sue the site MP3Skull. As we’ve been covering quite a bit lately, the Sony hack has revealed how “site blocking” (the key part of SOPA - which is more accurately described as censoring parts of the internet) is still a major priority for the the legacy copyright industry, and they’re exploring all sorts of ways to make it happen, from new lawsuits to new legislation to trade agreements to pressure on third parties to local politicians to the International Trade Commission to attacks on encryption and more. ![]() Tue, Apr 21st 2015 09:35am - Mike MasnickĪnother week, another attempt by the legacy copyright players to find a way to enact SOPA via the backdoor.
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