Universal Music sues MySpace over copyrights

November 18, 2006 Universal Music Group and its publishing companies have sued MySpace and its parent company News Corp., alleging that the wildly popular site facilitates and encourages "rampant" infringement of thousands of UMG's copyrights. The action, filed Friday in federal court in Los Angeles, seeks maximum statutory damages of $150,000 for each copyrighted work infringed either directly or indirectly and an injunction barring further infringing acts. Rather, it is the 'user-stolen' intellectual property of others, and MySpace is a willing partner in that theft.

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