Puretunes settles: $10.5M
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p2pnet.net News:- Sakfield Holding Company SL, the operator of Spain&#39;s Puretunes, has agreed to pay $10.5 million to settle a copyright suit levelled by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America).
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RealNetworks Inc. on Tuesday halved prices for songs downloaded from its online music store to win customers for new technology that has rankled rival Apple Computer Inc.
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A company that distributed human growth hormone to "well known athletes and entertainers" has agreed to pay a $10.5 million penalty and cooperate with law enforcement in ongoing investigations, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
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NEW YORK, September 14 (New Ratings) - Yahoo! Inc (YHOO.NAS) has agreed to acquire Musicmatch Inc, a privately held digital music software company, for about $160 million in cash.
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KPMG (KPMG.UL: Quote, Profile, Research) will pay $10 million -- the largest payment ever by an accounting firm in a US Securities and Exchange Commission action -- to settle charges of improper conduct while auditing Gemstar-TV
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Viacom Inc. VIAb.N has agreed to  pay a record $3.5 million to settle complaints that it  broadcast indecent material on its radio stations, the U.S.  Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday.
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The Business Software Alliance has collected a record settlement of nearly $3.5 million from an international media firm that was usingÂ unlicensed software, the trade group announced Tuesday.
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MetaMachine, the company behind the popular file sharing software eDonkey, has agreed to pay the Recording Industry Association of America $30 million to settle claims it facilitated mass copyright infringement.
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A US jury found that Microsoft infringed audio patents held by the world's biggest software maker Alcatel-Lucent.   Microsoft has been ordered to pay Pounds 778m in damages, however the firm says it may appeal the ruling.   It says the verdict is unsupported by the law or the facts.
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Apple Computer Inc.  said  it will pay $100 million for a license to use Creative  Technology Ltd.'s  patented digital music player  technology, settling legal disputes between the two companies.
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The Recording Industry Association of America has reached a $10 million legal settlement with a Spanish company that briefly offered MP3s online for just pennies a song.
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LONDON -- Artists from Cliff Richard to Amy Winehouse will be paid when their tracks are used as backing music for clips on video-sharing Web site YouTube following a deal with the British society that collects royalties for composers, songwriters and publishers.
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[Seattle | Reuters News Service, 10 September 2004] - RealNetworks is ending its 49c-per-song music download service but will keep the promotional prices in place for top 10 songs, the Internet media and software company said yesterday.
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The Beatles settlement clears the way for Apple to make revolutionary changes to its music player. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
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Yahoo and Musicmatch today announced they have signed an agreement for Yahoo to acquire Musicmatch for approximately US$160 million in cash.
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$2,500 limit on multi-stream stations Music industry taxman SoundExchange is offering a new deal to internet radio broadcasters who say upcoming royalty hikes will kill online broadcasting.â¦
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LOS ANGELES (IFPI) - The company and operators behind the Puretunes.com website, an online service which formerly sold unauthorized unlimited music downloads, have agreed to an out-of-court settlement of a copyright infringement lawsuit brought last year