Jay-Z's record label Universal Music has finally decided to sue myspace for copyright infringement.
According to MTV, Universal has been waiting quite a while to dig into myspace and the masses of copyrighted material they're hosting from artists like U2, 50 Cent, Mariah Carey, The Killers and more. But when Jay-Z's comeback album, 'Kingdom Come', was leaked via members of the site, it was the final straw.Universal has filed suit against myspace and its owner NewsCorp in a Los Angeles federal court for "rampant" copyright infringements. It's obviously seeking an injunction from more infringements and is seeking a whopping $150,000 for every unauthorized song and video that myspace have on their servers.
A Universal spokesperson said, "The suit is intended to protect the rights of our artists and songwriters and do something about the massive infringement that is going on." The result of a suit like this may force networking sites like myspace and YouTube to agree to licensing from record companies rather than face endless legal wrangles. Prospective lawsuits were a bugbear in the recent Google acquisition of YouTube.
