Judy Garland’s version of the Ray Henderson song “Just a Memory,” from her 1957 album Alone, is presented on Google Play by Limitless Recordings International, left, and by Capitol Records, right, per the allegations in Ray Henderson Music. v. Google.
Google, Amazon and a couple of obscure music distribution companies were targeted Thursday with copyright suits accusing them of “flagrant” pirating of music ranging from Judy Garland to Miles Davis.
The music publishing companies that own the rights to compositions by Ray Henderson and Harry Warren are suing Limitless International Recordings, Valleyarm Digital Ltd. and others. They’re accused of reproducing the songs without authorization and selling downloads of them on Google Play and Amazon.com at half the going rate—often alongside legitimately licensed versions. The alleged infringers even go so far as to reproduce much of the original cover art with a gray border that conveniently blocks out the true music label’s name, the suits allege.
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