Beatles Song plows, Sued U.S. $ 1 Billion
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Beatles Song plows, Sued U.S. $ 1 Billion

Auburn : KY : USA | Mar 29, 2011 at 7:17 PM PDT
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The Beatles perform in 1964 at the Olympia in Paris

Do not underestimate the copyright if you do not want to trip over a legal case or a fine. Site Bluebeat.com which is reported to have sold the songs of The Beatles is illegal in cyberspace costs 25 cents per song, agreed to pay to record companies valued at nearly U.S. $ 1 billion in legal remedies.

As the BBC reported, recently, Bluebeat site based in the United States is providing the services stream and sell music from the Beatles, Coldplay, and other bands. As a result, managers are required by law in 2009.

Before being forced to close down, the website has sold more than 67 thousand songs Beatles. Judge Josephine Tucker decided that the site had been abusing the copyright record companies and has conducted business competition is not healthy.

However, Bluebeat denied doing anything wrong, and acknowledge that the owner, Hank Risan, was pioneered a technique called pscho-acoustic simulation. This enabled him to produce a unique version of the music that is copyrighted.

The judge rejected that opinion. Because, Risan version still comes from tracks purchased at a solid disc CD

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