(The Industry Standard)
Warner Music Group and BMG, the two Big Five labels, settled their copyright-infringement claims against MP3.com for about $20 million apiece. They issued the music-download site a license to use their copyrights for its My.MP3.com service, which requires MP3.com to pay the labels each time a copyrighted song is uploaded to the system and each time a song is streamed. see also Judge explains his ruling against MP3 and Warned by the Music Industry, Web Site Files Suit (New York Times). 11 June 2000
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