Spinrilla Promotes Music of RIAA Labels
http://sp-security.blogspot.com/2017/04/spinrilla-promotes-music-of-riaa-labels.html
Several
RIAA labels filed a piracy lawsuit against a popular hip-hop mixtape
website and app Spinrilla, but the latter claimed that it uses a piracy
filter suggested by the labels, and pointed out that many of the
allegedly infringing works were promoted because RIAA members asked it
so.
Several
record labels have recently filed a lawsuit against Spinrilla accusing
the service of copyright violation through offering thousands of
unlicensed sound recordings for free. In response, Spinrilla claimed it
hasn’t done anything wrong and puts a lot of efforts to prevent
copyright infringements on its service.
Spinrilla explained that it has been cooperating with the RIAA for years in order to prevent and remove unauthorized music. This was partly done using filtering technology provided by Audible Magic (it is not a secret that the music industry likes the audio fingerprinting tools). Spinrilla points out that the use of this tool was actually suggested by the same record labels that have now taken the service to court. In the meantime, Spinrilla believes that this tool has prevented thousands of user-uploaded files from being published.
But the most interesting fact revealed by the hip-hop mixtape service is that the music labels, which are now suing, repeatedly reached out to Spinrilla for promotions – even after the lawsuit was filed. As such, much, if not all of the “infringing” music was promoted at the request of labels in the lawsuit. In other words, there’s a suggestion that the labels asked for it to be shared.
In result, now Spinrilla asks the court to dismiss the complaint and to compensate it for the legal costs incurred so far.
Thanks to TorrentFreak for providing the source of the article.
Spinrilla explained that it has been cooperating with the RIAA for years in order to prevent and remove unauthorized music. This was partly done using filtering technology provided by Audible Magic (it is not a secret that the music industry likes the audio fingerprinting tools). Spinrilla points out that the use of this tool was actually suggested by the same record labels that have now taken the service to court. In the meantime, Spinrilla believes that this tool has prevented thousands of user-uploaded files from being published.
But the most interesting fact revealed by the hip-hop mixtape service is that the music labels, which are now suing, repeatedly reached out to Spinrilla for promotions – even after the lawsuit was filed. As such, much, if not all of the “infringing” music was promoted at the request of labels in the lawsuit. In other words, there’s a suggestion that the labels asked for it to be shared.
In result, now Spinrilla asks the court to dismiss the complaint and to compensate it for the legal costs incurred so far.
Thanks to TorrentFreak for providing the source of the article.
