TITLE

LABELS FIRE ON LIMEWIRE

AUTHOR(S)

Johnson, Ted

PUB. DATE

June 2010

SOURCE

Daily Variety;6/7/2010, Vol. 307 Issue 45, p33

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article reports that 13 entertainment labels demand for the permanent injunction of LimeWire after it was ruled that it was responsible for copyright infringement in which they assert that LimeWire does not seem to take action to change their illegal doings.

ACCESSION #

51376446

Tags: COPYRIGHT infringement;  COMPUTER software industry -- Corrupt practices

 

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