A Moscow court threw out a case against the former head of music downloading site allofmp3.com and rejected the damages claims made by three major recording labels, a music industry official said Wednesday. Allofmp3.com, which was closed in late June but reopened later under a similar rubric, has been cast as the epitome of Russia’s shoddy copyright enforcement and repeatedly held up by U.S. trade negotiators as imperiling Moscow’s bid to join the World Trade Organization.
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Russian court acquits music site owner [Reuters]
A Russian court on Wednesday acquitted the former boss of music download Web site Allofmp3.com of breaching copyright in a case seen as a key test of Russia’s commitment to fighting piracy.
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http://iht.com/articles/2007/08/15/business/mp3.phpRussian court acquits music download site owner [AFP]
The former owner of Russian music download website allofmp3.com, which drew US ire for allowing cut-rate downloads of Western pop music, was acquitted on intellectual piracy charges Wednesday.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/16/1186857608559.htmlCourt rejects allofmp3.com case
A Moscow court has thrown out a case against the former head of music download site allofmp3.com and rejected the damages claims made by three major recording labels.
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