Warner Sues Search Engine, Tests DMCA Safe Harbor

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Warner Bros. Records is suing SeeqPod, the music search engine, in an attempt to test the limits of the DMCA Safe Harbor provisions with a theory of contributory, vicarious and inducement liability. While other services like Last.fm have cut deals with the labels, SeeqPod relied on the DMCA Safe Harbor alone to protect it. According to the complaint [PDF] SeeqPod 'deliberately refrains' from adding simple yet ineffective content filters to screen out copyright infringing materials, presumably by not buying those filters from label-affiliated companies. Of course, this lawsuit is merely part of a recent trend seeking to move the responsibility for policing copyrights away from the copyright holders and on to third parties."

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[OECD]

Isn't this the exact same as going after sites that host torrents rather than the servers hosting trackers?

Rare to be able to say this on /., but yes, it's the exact same thing.

Coincidence?

Thanks to Warner

[Dan541]

Thankyou warner music I had not idea that a service like this existed.

Thanks to the law suit I now have a music search engine I will share with others.

~Dan