UMG goes after Grouper, Bolt
p2pnet.net News:- Having signed up Goo(formerly You)Tube after threatening it with legal action, Vivendi’s Universal Music Group has now filed lawsuits against video p2p sharing sites Grouper and Bolt.com.
And it’s apparently also pondering whether or not to target Sony Pictures.
Universal (g)estimates, “thousands of music videos” are being viewed on both sites, “to their benefit alone,” says Reuters, going on:
“The suits accuse Grouper Network Inc., which Sony Pictures Entertainment agreed to buy in August, and privately held Bolt.com of actively participating in the infringement by copying, reformatting, distributing and creating derivative works from Universal’s musicians.
“The lawsuit also made clear that Universal, which is owned by French media company Vivendi, will retain the right to add Sony Pictures, a unit of Sony Corp to the suit going forward.”
YouTube recenty became yet another jewel in the Google crown.
Also See:
signed up – YouTube and UMG make up, October 9, 2006
Reuters – Universal Music sues online video sites Grouper, Bolt, October 17, 2006
another jewel – Google swallows YouTube, October 9, 2006
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