Today a ruling was published in EMI v MP3tunes and it is definitely a victory for cloud music and MP3tunes' business model after a multi-year litigation battle. Consumers can have confidence that they'll be able to store, play, and enjoy music using cloud-based services like MP3tunes.
The Judge found 'MP3tunes did not promote infringement.' What started out as a case of about 33,000 works has been reduced by about 99%. EMI alleged a long list of ways MP3tunes infringed and nearly all arguments were rejected — sideloading songs, deduplication storage, running a music search engine, playing back songs from a locker, works prior to 1972. All rejected.
Overall it was an enormous victory for MP3tunes and digital music compatriots like Amazon, Google, and Grooveshark. Thanks to all the loyal MP3tunes users who have stood by the company for this long battle.
--MR
