We're bound to see this posted 23 times in the first hour, but maybe not,
so here it is.
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From: MichaelP <papadop@peak.org>
Subject: internet music
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 10:53:05 PST
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), has filed two
lawsuits against Web sites that make available music for free downloading.
The RIAA is seeking up to $5,000,000 from Frederick David Cohen because of
the "song of the day" feature on his Web site, where users were allowed to
download songs by popular artists. Cohen shut down the site as soon as he
was advised of the lawsuit. The ISP where he is employed, the Arizona
Bizness Network in Phoenix, which hosted the site, has also been named as
a defendant in the suit. The other suit, filed in the U.S. District Court
for the Western District of Washington, seeks damages of up to $110
million. The Washington site contained over 1,100 infringing music works.