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RIAA denies trillion dollar lawsuit

Commentators 'just doing the math' in Russian copyright case

Matt Chapman, vnunet.com 02 Jan 2007
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The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has denied claims that it is seeking $1.6 trillion in damages from a Russian online music store. 

A press officer for the RIAA said that the organisation had not seen the media reports and had not made any official announcement.

"It is possible that the figure has been extrapolated from the number of tracks," the RIAA spokesman said.

"The $15,000 per track is laid down in US copyright law and is not something we have selected. It is possible that people are just doing the math."

The RIAA has not issued any updates on the case since the original filing back in December 2006.

The music copyright body has filed its claim against 11 million allegedly pirated songs in a New York court of law.

However, Mediaservices, which runs AllofMP3.com and allTunes.com in Russia, claimed that it was complying with its country's law by paying 15 per cent royalties to the Russian Organisation for Multimedia

The controversial Russian operation is already facing a lawsuit from the British Phonographic Institute and has seen credit cards firms blocking payments.

See also:

Microsoft chairman Bill GatesTells bloggers to break UK law rather than deal with DRM  18 Dec 2006
Warner MusicMillions of downloaders worldwide seek adoption  07 Dec 2006
Firm angry over credit card disqualification  23 Oct 2006
File sharing network Kazaa has settled its long running dispute with the record industry with a $100m out of court settlementSoz about all the illegal downloading and that  28 Jul 2006
Female fans are driving up music sales thanks to technology which allows them to buy songs without having to visit old-style record shopsBroadening their musical horizons  15 May 2006
Think you own music? Think again  16 Feb 2006

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