Legal Opinion
In Re: Aimster Copyright Litigation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 30, 2003No. 02-4125PublishedCited by 133 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Owners of copyrighted popular music filed a number of closely related suits, which were consolidated and transferred to the Northern District of Illinois by the Multidistrict Litigation Panel, against John Deep and corporations that are controlled by him and need not be discussed separately. The numerous plaintiffs, who among them appear to own most subsisting copyrights on American popular music, claim that Deep’s “Aimster” Internet service (recently renamed “Madster”) is a contributory and vicarious infringer of these copyrights. The district judge entered a broad…
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