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Publishers target LimeWire for copyright infringement

18 June 2010

Eileen McDermott, New York

Thirty-one music publishers have sued peer-to-peer music service LimeWire for inducing copyright infringement

The suit comes on the heels of a New York Court's ruling last month in Arista Records v LimeWire that LimeWire was responsible for encouraging its users to infringe the copyrighted works of a group of 13 record companies.

EMI and 30 other music publishers filed a complaint Wednesday with the US...



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