The EMI is suing MP3tunes, a music service created by Michael Robertson (the creator of MP3.com). MP3tunes offers a service of searching for music that is on the net. They are being sued by the EMI for linking to certain music. EMI is also suing MP3tunes for allowing users to have "music lockers" which allows them to put their music in a password protected online storage place so that they can access it from any where (office, home, school, etc).
This frustrates me to no end. I have been feeling good about supporting artists by buying their tracks on AmazonMP3, and eMusic. This sort of thing makes me want to stop buying music altogether from record labels, and try to only by from small record labels, or direct from the artist like Saul Williams and Radiohead have done.
I remember when the RIAA was suing mp3 manufacturers, before that there was VHS and tape copying, now this. If the music industry spent their money on developing new ways to get their music out to customers, rather than wasting their money on suing people that are actually helping the music industry make more money, they would be MUCH better off...
For more information on the lawsuit look here at Michale's Minute.
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