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LimeWire want jury in legal battle with publishers
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 16 August 2010
LimeWire has reportedly requested a jury trial if and when a lawsuit filed against them by the Music Publishers Association Of America reaches court.
As previously reported, the MPAA has filed its own lawsuit against the controversial P2P service providers in response to the Recording Industry Association Of America’s recent success in its long running legal battle with the file-sharing firm.
As also previously reported, a judge recently ruled that LimeWire and its founder Mark Gorton were liable for copyright infringement in relation to their file-sharing services. The RIAA is now trying to get an injunction to shut LimeWire down, and will then sue for millions (possibly billions) in damages.
The MPAA filed its own lawsuit because, of course, if the RIAA’s record label members are due damages, so are MPAA-affiliated music publishers. LimeWire have disputed the legitimacy of the MPAA’s claim, though, and, according to BusinessWeek, have requested that any court hearing be held in front of a jury.
No word on how likely the judge is to agree to that. As a general rule, juries have been no kinder to file-sharers than judges in P2P cases, and often they award content owners even bigger damages.
