It was one of those weeks in copyright news, one where the dialog is centered around people making bad decisions and acting in less-than honorable ways.
For example, we have news that one popular and lyrics site didn’t bother to license its lyrics, despite getting over $15 million in investment money. We also have news that a poplar artist may have gotten her single cover straight off the Web and news that both a release group and a forum admin were both collecting data on the pirates that they were claiming to serve.
All in all, it’s a week’s worth of new that might hurt your faith in humanity, but it is still a show that you do not want to miss!
This week’s stories include:
- Draft of Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement Leaked
- Music Publishers Target Unlicensed Lyrics Sites
- Film Studios Drop LimeWire Lawsuit
- Premier League Drops Case Against YouTube
- Lil’ Kim Album Art Appears to Have Been an Infringement
- Piracy Release Group Was Using Malware to Track Users
- File Sharing Forum Was a Honeypot
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