A safe harbor provision protecting Internet music services from federal copyright suits over infringement committed by their users applies to New York state copyright claims as well, a Manhattan judge has ruled in a suit filed by a Universal Music Group unit against online music streaming site Grooveshark.
In a July 10 decision in UMG Recordings v. Escape Media Group, 100152/10, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Barbara Kapnick (See Profile) refused to strike an affirmative defense put forth by Grooveshark owner Escape Media that relied on a safe harbor provision in the federal Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
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