Posts Tagged ‘ lawsuit ’

Qtrax & Warner Music: Something Fishy In The Air

March 7, 2011
Let’s reel this baby in, boys. Who cares if it’s a little stinky?

Last Wednesday a few people started tweeting that “Free and Legal Music Downloads now available from @Qtrax – Check it out: http://tinyurl.com/qtrax18”. At first most of these tweets emanated from Qtrax’s PR firm based in West Palm Beach, FL and from one of its attorneys, followed by some company insiders and acolytes. The tweet...
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EMI: Barbarians At The Gate?

November 15, 2010
EMI: Barbarians At The Gate?

The recent verdict in the Citi/Terra Firma lawsuit has been analyzed more than the federal budget in the media recently. Reporters I’ve spoken with who were present during the entire trial say that there was a black cloud hanging over the courtroom during Guy Hands’ testimony. He acquitted himself so poorly that a jury...
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And You Thought That I Had Forgotten!!

October 6, 2009
And You Thought That I Had Forgotten!!

Yes, I’m back. Apologies for the long hiatus, but I was busy with some knucklehead who had the world convinced that he was going to buy the Pirate Bay. Oy vey. What a story. I’ll get into all of the details in the coming months. It’s one of the weirdest chapters of my extremely...
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Welcome To Hong Kong

June 4, 2009
Welcome To Hong Kong

You’re looking at one of the finest hotels in the world, The Langham Place Hotel in Hong Kong. According to the hotel web site: Among 5-star Hong Kong hotels, Langham Place Hotel Hong Kong is unique… Langham Place captures the vibrancy and buzz of local culture like no other. And presents it in a...
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UPDATE: Qtrax Correction. Sort Of.

May 28, 2009
UPDATE: Qtrax Correction. Sort Of.

You may have read my previous post about Qtrax and their multiple legal woes and gnarly “loans” that seemt o have come back to bite them on the ass big time. In that post I wrote “Mr. Klepshitz took a default judgment on April 20, 2009 totaling  more than  $516,000 including interest in the NY Supreme...
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Would You Buy A Used Car From This Man? If So, Honest Al Has a Deal For You

May 21, 2009
Would You Buy A Used Car From This Man? If So, Honest Al Has a Deal For You

UPDATE: Our man Al Klepshitz must not be doing that badly after all. In spite of all of the judgments and outstanding claims against Brilliant Technologies, Qtrax and or Klepshitz personally, he was seen not long ago in the First Class section of a Singapore Airlines flight (Klepshitz is know to have a great...
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Coldplay Does It Again!! Here Comes Another Lawsuit

May 4, 2009
Coldplay Does It Again!! Here Comes Another Lawsuit

I’m sure you recall that pablum rockers Coldplay have been accused of plagiarizing their biggest hit “Viva La Vida” not by one other songwriter, but two. Guitarist Joe Satriani filed a lawsuit and Brooklyn band Creaky Boards also accused the band of stealing their stuff. Well, according to a report in the Brit tabloid...
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Lawyers In Love–Lessig To Warner: Shove It Pal!

April 29, 2009
Lawyers In Love–Lessig To Warner: Shove It Pal!

Everyone loves author, professor, freedom fighter and all around copyright egghead Lawrence Lessig. Everybody except Warner Music. Lessig posted one of his presentations on YouTube that evidently contains some Warner Music content. This is certainly within the bounds of the fair use doctrine. Larry surely thinks so. But it appears that some bonehead lawyer...
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Those Pesky Little Swedes

April 17, 2009
Those Pesky Little Swedes

Everybody’s heard about the Pirate Bay ruling by now. There’s nothing I can add to everything that has been written so far other than to say that realistically it won’t have much impact. But my favorite take is Peter Kafka’s post in All Things Digital.
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