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Aimster Hit With Contempt Ruling

By Erik Gruenwedel, L.A.
Publication: Billboard Bulletin
Date: Monday, December 23 2002
A U.S. District Court judge in Illinois has found Aimster to be in contempt of an Oct. 30 preliminary injunction to block the trading of copyrighted works on its network (Bulletin, Nov. 22). The ruling is the latest step in the copyright-infringement case filed against Aimster last year by the RIAA and

National Music Publishers' Assn. (Bulletin, May 25, 2001).

In Friday's ruling, judge Marvin Aspen reiterated that Aimster "continue to disable and prevent access" to copyrighted files on its network. He also ordered Aimster to pay the court $51,000, or $1,500 for each of the 34 days it was in violation of the preliminary injunction, as well as plaintiffs' legal costs associated with the restraining order.

Matt Oppenheim, senior VP of business and legal affairs at the RIAA, lauded the decision. "[Aimster founder John Deep] refused to comply with the court's order," he says. "Only after the record companies filed a motion for contempt did Deep turn his system off."

Aimster reps could not be reached for comment.

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