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Court Dismisses EMI Charges Against Seeqpod Founders

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 5, 2010 - 9:27am.
New York - A federal judge this week dismissed copyright infringement charges brought by major record label EMI against the founders of streaming music site Seeqpod, GigaOM reported. U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain granted Seeqpod's motion to dismiss the case, citing lack of jurisdiction.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | Music | Copyright | EMI | Seeqpod | Favtape |

EMI Sues Seeqpod, Favtape for Copyright Infringement

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 25, 2009 - 9:55am.
London - Major record label EMI and its Capitol Records subsidiary have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Seeqpod, the provider of a service that lets users search for streaming songs online and create customized streaming playlists, and Favtape, another similar service, VentureBeat reported. EMI also filed suit against Seeqpod founder and CEO Kazian Franks, as well as company investors Raf Podowski and Shekhar Lodha, and Favtape developer Ryan Sit. The lawsuits seek billions of dollars in damages.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | Music | Search | Copyright | Warner Music | EMI | Seeqpod | Favtape |