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RIAA Sues Spanish 'Net Music Service Puretunes for Copyright Infringement

Washington -- The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), a
trade group representing major record labels, announced that it has filed
a copyright infringement lawsuit against the parent company of Puretunes,
a Spain-based online service that offered music downloads at
highly-discounted prices. The lawsuit comes as Puretunes has encountered
other troubles, as the site has been unavailable for over a month.
Puretunes claimed that it had licensed recordings for use on its service
through several Spanish copyright societies -- licenses the RIAA says are
not valid. "Contrary to everything that Puretunes told the public -- both
on its Web site and in news reports -- they never obtained nor sought
licenses for the music that they were selling to the public," an RIAA
representative told CNET News.com. "It's bad enough that Puretunes was
selling music illegally -- it's even worse that they tried to perpetrate a
fraud on the public by claiming that they were a legitimate business." The
RIAA lawsuit against Puretunes parent Sakfield Holding SA seeks an
injunction against the company and monetary damages for copyright
infringement.
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