In the beginning of this month Aimster went to court to prevent being sued by the RIAA. A week later we reported that they were under pressure because MediaForce was taking down information about its users. Then a few days ago we reported that Aimster looses it's domain name to AOL. Well this isn't enough yet because yesterday the RIAA filed a lawsuit against Aimster saying it is violating copyrights the same way as Napster does.
The Recording Industry Association of America, which has previously sued file-trading companies Napster and Scour on similar issues, sent a warning letter to Aimster several months ago, noting that the company's activities were similar enough to Napster's that it was likely in violation of the law. But unlike other file-swapping companies that received similar letters, Aimster has declined to filter songs or monitor its members' activities. |
"Aimster is Napster all over again," Cary Sherman, general counsel for the RIAA, said in a statement. "Beneath the added bells and whistles lies the same service that Napster provides."
Well also the The Motion Picture Association of America is filing it's own lawsuit later. Seems like Aimster has some bad luck lately, wonder what will happen to this company.
Source: Cnet
