Arista Records LLC et al v. Lime Wire LLC et al

  1. April 07, 2011

    Lime Wire Loses Fight Over Damages In Copyright Suit

    A New York federal judge ruled Wednesday that record companies suing file sharing company Lime Wire LLC for copyright infringement have the right to seek damages on songs for which they've already recovered damages in lawsuits targeting LimeWire users.

  2. April 04, 2011

    Lime Wire Per-Song Damages In Play For Labels: Judge

    A New York federal judge ruled Monday that record companies suing Lime Wire LLC are entitled to per-song — not per-album — damages, an upset for the defendant accused of infringing copyright laws with its LimeWire file sharing service.

  3. March 30, 2011

    Sony, Others Score Win In Lime Wire Copyright Suit

    A New York federal judge ruled Tuesday that Lime Wire LLC was liable for inducing the infringement of over 10,000 sound recordings, declaring the recordings were owned by a group of major record labels including UMG Recordings Inc. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

  4. March 21, 2011

    Judge Limits Damages In Lime Wire Copyright Suit

    A federal judge in New York on Friday limited the statutory damages for which file-sharing service Lime Wire LLC could be held liable in a copyright suit brought by the recording industry that was seeking as much as $1 billion.

  5. March 11, 2011

    Judge Limits Damages In Lime Wire Copyright Suit

    A New York federal judge on Thursday capped damages for which Lime Wire LLC may be liable in the recording industry's copyright suit, rejecting a theory that could have put the file sharing company on the hook for trillions of dollars.

  6. February 23, 2011

    Judge Allows Willkie To Keep Repping Lime Wire

    A federal judge Friday denied an attempt by a host of music companies suing Lime Wire LLC in New York over copyright violations to have Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP disqualified from representing the file-sharing service provider.

  7. January 18, 2011

    LimeWire Foes Seek To Oust Willkie Farr In IP Case

    Music companies suing Lime Wire LLC for copyright violations have asked that Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP be disqualified from representing the file-sharing company since a Wilkie Farr partner had previously worked for the plaintiffs in the same case.

  8. December 15, 2010

    Lime Wire Wins Access To Record Cos.' Royalty Info

    A magistrate judge has ordered record companies suing Lime Wire LLC for copyright infringement to share information on their royalty expenses, which the file-sharing service can use to argue that $1B in damages sought by the plaintiffs is excessive.

  9. July 21, 2008

    Lime Wire Lashes Out At RIAA Liability Theories

    Internet file-sharing service Lime Wire LLC on Friday argued in a federal court that the judge should dismiss certain claims in the major record companies' ongoing suit against it, calling the case one part of a “much larger, sustained campaign to suppress innovation.”

  10. December 03, 2007

    Judge Tosses LimeWire Antitrust Counterclaims

    A judge has dismissed counterclaims brought by the operator of online file-sharing service LimeWire accusing a group of major record labels of colluding to stifle the development of new technology and to dominate the music industry.

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