Setback For 'Net Lyric Site
The National Music Publishers' Association said Tuesday that it has won its latest copyright infringement battle against the operator of an illegal free-lyric Web site.
NMPA said that its members Peermusic, Warner/Chappell and Bug Music have secured a consent agreement that bars Motive Force LLC and its owner Sean Colombo from using unlicensed lyrics on a Web site or for software applications and orders them to turn over any profits they made from operating the unauthorized lyric site. In August, the three NMPA members filed two copyright infringement lawsuits: one against Motive Force and Colombo in federal district court in Pennsylvania and another in federal district court in California against LiveUniverse Inc. and its owner My Space co-founder Brad Greenspan. That lawsuit is still pending, the publishers' group said.
"Unauthorized sites that profit on the backs of songwriters will not be tolerated," NMPA President and CEO David Israelite said in a statement. "The successful resolution of this matter should serve as an example to the owners of all unauthorized music Web sites and Web applications."
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