August 4, 2006

The campaign continues: Labels that are part of the four majors have sued Lime Group LLC, the company behind P2P application LimeWire.

According to the AP article by Alex Veiga, the labels are seeking compensatory and punitive damages totalling $150,000 per infringement. The complaint states that Lime Group "not only have known of the infringement, but have promoted and relied upon it to build their business," which is the argument that has been used in lawsuits against other file trading companies.

Last week Kazaa settled its lawsuit with the industry. For thoughts on the RIAA's strategy and how it has done not stopped piracy but has encouraged investment, read this post from earlier this week.

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Posted by Glenn at 3:50 PM | | | Legal | P2P | RIAA