The Death of Entertainment
CBS Wants Court Order Compelling FilmOn To Remove Online “Inflammatory” Anti-Network Material
Another month, another salvo in the on-going multi-pronged legal trench warfare between the broadcasters and FilmOn founder Alki David. This time, it’s CBS who is back in court against the billionaire digital media entrepreneur.
CBS Interactive Can't Escape Claims of Inducing Piracy
Can editorial commentary be held legally responsible for the theft of music and movies? A district court judge suggests yes, allowing Alki David's lawsuit against the network for promoting and distributing Limewire to go forward.
Piracy case vs. CBS gets judicial OK
A federal judge has rejected CBS Interactive's efforts to dismiss all elements of a lawsuit claiming that the company-owned CNET induced copyright infringement by making file-sharing software accessible via Download.com. U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer's decision is one development in what could be lengthy litigation but it is perhaps more notable for its named plaintiff: colorful digital media entrepreneur Alki David.
Setback for CBS, CNET in LimeWire Copyright Infringement Case
David Alki and his coalition of artists say they've had a "huge win" against CBS owned CNET, in a case relating to the distribution of music sharing software LimeWire. A major victory has been scored for FilmOn founder David Alki's in his lawsuit against CNET, and its parent CBS. Alki accused tech giant CNET of copyright infringement in a highly controversial case relating to file sharing software LimeWire.
Federal Court Ruling Puts CBS in Hot Water Over Mass Online Piracy
LOS ANGELES, July 13, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (www.FilmOn.com) - Federal Judge Dale S. Fischer today denied the CBS & CNET.com motion to dismiss claims against them of mass online piracy. Though the claims for "Vicarious Liability" against them were denied, the "Inducement" claim was clearly upheld. Judge Fischer also granted Alkiviades (Alki) David et al. the option to amend their "Vicarious Liability" claims at a later date.
Alki David vs. Goliaths
Swagg News - YING YANG TWINS SUES CBS OVER ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING. BIG MONEY
http://swaggnews.com/post/5217927425/ying-yang-twins-sues-cbs-over-illegal-downloading-big
YING YANG TWINS SUES CBS OVER ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING. BIG MONEY In an unlikely turn of events, several hip-hop artists, including 2 Live Crew and the Ying Yang Twins, have banded together with eccentric...
Alki David vs. Goliaths
Rappers Sue CNET over LimeWire DistributionKeyboard Failure | Keyboard Failure
http://www.keyboardfailure.com/news/rappers-sue-cnet-over-limewire-distribution/
"Mark Gorton and Lime Wire pocketed millions by enabling people to obtain songs online without paying for them," wrote CNET's Greg Sandoval Tuesday. "Now,
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Music Week - Music Week - Music business magazine - LimeWire blames recorded music slump on CD ripple...
http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode;=1045109&c;=1
Music Week is a music industry website offering a weekly music magazine dedicated to music industry news. View our online b2b music business magazine now.
Alki David vs. Goliaths
Coalition of Artists Sue CBS Interactive, CNET for Mass-Scale Copyright Infringement - Press Release...
http://www.sunherald.com/2011/05/04/3082239/coalition-of-artists-sue-cbs-interactive.html
/PRNewswire/ -- A coalition of artists in music and film have sued CBS Interactive Inc. and CNET Networks, Inc. for mass-scale copyright infringement today in Los Angeles federal court.
Alki David vs. Goliaths
CBS Interactive, CNET facing lawsuit for offering LimeWire application | News Tonight
http://newstonight.net/content/cbs-interactive-cnet-facing-lawsuit-offering-limewire-application
A group of film and music artists led by Alki David, who is a film producer and founder of FilmOn.com, has filed a lawsuit against CBS Interactive and CNET for offering LimeWire application.
Alki David vs. Goliaths
CBS, CNET Sued for Distributing LimeWire, Other P2P Software | Digital Media Wire
http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2011/05/05/cbs-cnet-sued-distributing-limewire-other-p2p-software
Alki David vs. Goliaths
CNET, CBS Sued For Distributing LimeWire, Other P2P Clients
http://www.webpronews.com/cnet-cbs-sued-for-distributing-limewire-other-p2p-clients-2011-05
In the latest round of who-can-we-sue, disgruntled victims of file sharing have taken aim at CBS's CNET, specifically their software downloading site
Alki David vs. Goliaths
VIACON Dirty Secrets - This site is dedicated to documenting this historic discovery where one of America's greatest media companies finds itself publicly exposed as an irresponsible hypocrite, that has ruined the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the creative community and created copyright infringement damages into the trillions of dollars.
http://www.viaconned.com/
Sumner Redstone is one of Americas wealthiest men and is the owner of Viacom, CBS, MTV. He also owns CNET.com, ZDNET.com and other similar websites that have maliciously distributed over 1 Billion copies of DRM (copy protection) removal and file sharing software for the purpose of generating traffic
Alki David vs. Goliaths
CNet aangeklaagd voor verspreiden LimeWire
http://www.telegraaf.nl/digitaal/9703360/__CNet_aangeklaagd_voor_verspreiden_LimeWire__.html?p=8%2C1%3Fsn%3Ddigitaal
Een groep artiesten in de muziek- en filmindustrie hebben CBS Interactive en dochteronderneming CNet Networks voor de rechter gesleept wegens inbreuk op auteursrechten. Via de website van technologiesite CNet zouden massaal inbreukmakende uitwisselingsprogrammas, waaronder het onlangs veroord
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CNET Parent Sued by Rappers for Distributing LimeWire
http://www.geekosystem.com/cnet-limewire-sued/
The site formerly known as Download.com is now a part of tech site CNET; CNET is owned by CBS Interactive; the site now known as download.cnet.com distributes now-defunct P2P client LimeWire, which received a court order last year to cease offering any file-sharing or search features. Being an ad-su
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2 Live Crew und Ying Yang Twins verklagen CBS
http://rap.de/news/5667
2 Live Crew und Ying Yang Twins verklagen CBS - Millionen mit P2P- Downloads verdient
Alki David vs. Goliaths
Filesharing: Skurrile Klage gegen Cnet wegen Limewire-Downloads - Golem.de
http://www.golem.de/1105/83251.html
Cnet und sein Mutterkonzern CBS Interactive wurden wegen der Verbreitung der Filesharing-Software Limewire von einigen Kunstlern und Musikern verklagt. Hinter der Klage steckt Alki David,
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gulli.com - news - view - Download.com wird wegen Verbreitung des LimeWire-Clients verklagt
http://www.gulli.com/news/download-com-wird-wegen-verbreitung-des-limewire-clients-verklagt-2011-05-05
Das Online-Downloadportal Download.com wurde vom Milliardar und Grunder von FilmOn, Alki David, auf Schadensersatz verklagt. Man wirft den Betreibern des Portals - darunter CNET und CBS - vor, zur Verbreitung des P2P-Clients LimeWire beigetragen zu haben.
Alki David vs. Goliaths
2 Live Crew and Ying Yang Twins Sue CBS Interactive
http://www.bet.com/news/music/2011/05/04/2-live-crew-and-ying-yang-twins-sue-cbs-interactive.html
Rap groups band together in multi-million dollar suit.
Alki David vs. Goliaths
Ying Yang Twins, 2 Live Crew, Pretty Ricky & Others Sue CBS/CNET For Millions | Media MRS.
http://mediamrs.com/main/2011/05/ying-yang-twins-2-live-crew-pretty-ricky-others-sue-cbscnet-for-millions/
A number of rappers are suing CBS Interactive and its website, CNET for millions over illegal downloads. The Ying Yang Twins, 2 Live Crew, JT Money, The Force MDS, J-Shin and singing group Pretty Ricky filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California yesterday (May 3rd
CNET Accused of Copyright Infringement for Distributing LimeWire
CBS Interactive, the owner of CNET, is being sued for facilitating "massive copyright infringement" for distributing the LimeWire software, a file sharing service a federal judge ruled illegal last year.
A lawsuit brought by rappers and others accuses CBS of profiting from distributing 220 million copies of LimeWire on CNET's download.com site since 2008, or 95 percent off all LimeWire downloads.
"The CBS defendants received massive amounts of revenue from P2P provders on a 'pay per download' basis and also from advertising revenues generated by advertisements placed on the download screen for P2P software," (.pdf) according to the complaint, lodged in Los Angeles federal court late Tuesday.
CBS Sued for Millions by Rappers For Illegal Downloads
Rappers like The Ying Yang Twins, 2 Live Crew, JT Money, The Force MDS, J-Shin and singing group Pretty Ricky filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California yesterday (May 3rd).
The lawsuit claims CBS Interactive's website CNET was the main distributor of the LimeWire peer2peer sharing software, which was been downloaded over 220 million times.
In addition to LimeWire, CNET helped distribute such popular programs as Morpheus (174 million downloads), iMesh (115 million downloads) and FrostWire (32 million downloads).
Rappers Sue CBS, CNET For Millions Over Illegal Downloads
Rappers like The Ying Yang Twins, 2 Live Crew, JT Money, The Force MDS, J-Shin and singing group Pretty Ricky filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California yesterday (May 3rd).
The lawsuit claims CBS Interactive's website CNET was the main distributor of the LimeWire peer2peer sharing software, which was been downloaded over 220 million times.
Coalition of Artists Sue CBS Interactive, CNET for Mass-Scale Copyright Infringement
This lawsuit is based on the defendants' direct participation in massive copyright infringement on peer-to-peer ("P2P") systems, such as LimeWire, that are used to copy and distribute songs, films and other artistic works. LimeWire and its principals have already been found liable for copyright infringement on a virtually unprecedented scale and have been enjoined from further infringing activities by a New York federal court. As alleged in today's lawsuit, CBS Interactive and CNET have acted as the main distributor of LimeWire software and have promoted this and other P2P systems to profit from wide-scale copyright infringement.
Internet users have downloaded more than 220 million copies of LimeWire software from these defendants' website since 2008, which is some 95 percent or more of all copies of LimeWire that were downloaded until LimeWire was shut down by Court Order. Defendants' website also has been a major source for other P2P software applications, including FrostWire (32 million downloads).
Billionaire Alki David strikes back at CBS over its distribution of LimeWire and other P2P software.
Just as a big jury trial in New York gets underway that will determine whether LimeWire owes billions of dollars in damages for inducing rampant copyright violations on its file-sharing network, CBS Interactive is now being sued in a separate lawsuit that looks to punish it for playing a role in LimeWire's growth.
The new lawsuit is spearheaded by Alki David, an eccentric billionaire whose company, FilmOn, is the subject of ongoing litigation brought by major broadcast networks, including CBS. Now, David seems to be exacting revenge in a style befitting his whimsical ways -- by recruiting a handful of hip hop artists including members of 2 Live Crew and Ying Yang Twins to press the case that CBS subsidiary CNET contributed to the growth of the copyright-disrespecting file-sharing era.
About Michael Zeller
Mr. Zeller has been frequently named as one of the nation's top intellectual property litigators. In 2009, Michael Zeller received the prestigious California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) award for "extraordinary achievements" in intellectual property litigation. Mr. Zeller was featured in the January 2010 issue of The American Lawyer, which named Quinn Emanuel as the "Top Intellectual Property Firm in the U.S.," and in the January 2010 issue of IP Law & Business magazine.
Alki David
Mr. David is an innovator of Video Technology and an Entertainer. Having produced directed and acted in many film and television shows, Alki David carries the moniker of the eccentric billionaire. Mr. David is Founder & Chairman of the "Television Anywhere" website http://www.FilmOn.com
About Mike Mozart
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