Jury slaps $41M copyright verdict on MP3Tunes founder
In what feels like a throwback to the days of Napster and Grokster, a jury imposed a massive statutory damages verdict on the former CEO of a defunct music service.
In what feels like a throwback to the days of Napster and Grokster, a jury imposed a massive statutory damages verdict on the former CEO of a defunct music service.
Radio stations all around the world play thousands of songs this very minute. A new site dubbed Radio Search Engine makes all of that music searchable.
Michael Robertson’s cloud music service MP3Tunes has quietly filed for bankruptcy protection at the end of April. Robertson blamed the lengthy legal fight with major label EMI for the bankruptcy, alleging that the music biz regularly destroys startups with drawn-out litigation.
Univision, the Spanish-language media giant, has opened a new front in the long-running battle over where and how people can make copies of…
The recent decision in the copyright case against Mp3Tunes is only the latest skirmish in a battle founder Michael Robertson has been fighting with the music industry for over a decade. Without him, we might not have many of the things we take for granted today.
A major battle over cloud-music services has been resolved, and on balance, it looks like a pretty solid win for the small music-locker serv…
How does the founder of cloud-music service Mp3tunes feel about Amazon joining the party? “Bring it on,” he says. Michael Robertson also believes Amazon’s entry could have legal consequences, since it is playing fast and loose with the terms of its licenses from the record labels.
Michael Robertson, an online music entrepreneur who has been something of a lawsuit-magnet for record labels, has launched his newest ventur…
Michael Robertson’s new cloud service Dar.fm makes it possible to remotely record shows from hundreds of radio stations and then stream these recordings to mobile phones and other devices. Robertson is currently fighting with the music industry in court, and Dar.fm may also face some resistance.
*Google* is reportedly adding VoIP provider Gizmo5 to its ranks, on the heels of its $750 million acquisition of mobile ad network AdMob. Te…