Website selling illegal Beatles tracks ordered to pay $1m

A website that illicitly sold Beatles downloads in 2009 has been ordered to pay almost $1m to rights holders. Bluebeat.com claimed it was circumnavigating copyright law by offering "psycho-acoustic simulations" of music by the Fab Four and other acts including Coldplay and Radiohead.

[via The Guardian]

emily | 8:48 AM | Copyright Protection |
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