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More Trouble For LimeWire

By Juliana Gruenwald
June 16, 2010 | 4:18 PM

Eight music publishers Wednesday filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against peer-to-peer file sharing service LimeWire.

EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Universal Publishing Group, Warner/Chappell Music Inc. and other filed the lawsuit in New York federal district court. They claim that LimeWire has engaged in copyright infringement of their music on a "massive scale."

The lawsuit, which also named LimeWire CEO Mark Gorton and former Chief Operating Officer Greg Bildson, follows successful legal action against LimeWire by the Recording Industry Association of America. A federal judge last month ruled that LimeWire was responsible for copyright infringement that occurred as result of the use of its service.

"The pervasive online infringement facilitated by LimeWire and others like them has consequences for everyone in the music chain," National Music Publishers' Association President and CEO David Israelite said in a statement. "Operations like LimeWire must understand the songs that make their illegal venture lucrative don't appear out of thin air."

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