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« on: September 18, 2019, 04:05:33 pm »

Apple is being accused of pirating some huge classic songs

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Four Jays Music Company has filed a copyright lawsuit.
Apple and three other defendants are accused of piracy.
Huge artists including Billie Holliday and Miles Davis allegedly had their music pirated.
Is that Apple Music, or Pirate Music?

Music companies accusing people of copyright infringement isn't anything new, but when it accuses Apple it's worth taking note. Four Jays Music Company has filed a new lawsuit claiming that Apple and a further three defendants pirated material that the plaintiff owns the rights to.

All of the music seems to be from popular artists from years past, including Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holliday, and Frank Sinatra. But according to Four Jays Music Company, Apple nor the other defendants ever obtained a license that would allow them to use the music in question.

As Patently Apple notes, Apple contracted two companies called Cleopatra and Orchard to provide a catalog of music to be used in the iTunes store. But tho...

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