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FT.com / Companies / Media & internet - Universal sues video-sharing websites

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:16 PM EDT
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Universal Music has launched the established media industry's first legal action against rapidly growing user-generated websites by filing copyright suits against start-ups Grouper.com and Bolt.com.

In separate lawsuits, Universal alleged that Grouper and Bolt had built up traffic by encouraging users to share music videos from its artists without their permission.

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In one incident, it claimed a video for the Mariah Carey song "Shake it Off" was viewed more than 50,000 times on Grouper without the company's permission.

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