Among other things, MP3Skull helped users to find pirated tracks after a takedown notice purge. The operators of the site are not publicly known but the labels note that the Russian Monica Vasilenko was previously listed in the site’s Whois information.īesides offering a comprehensive database of links to music tracks, the labels also accuse the site’s operators of actively promoting piracy through social media. MP3Skull has been around for several years and lists links to popular music tracks scattered around the web, free of charge. “At the core of MP3Skull is a database that, according to Defendants, contains millions of links to MP3 music files from around the Internet,” it adds. “MP3Skull is a website that is devoted to the infringement of copyrighted sound recordings on a massive scale, from which Defendants derive substantial revenue every year,” the complaint reads. In the complaint filed at a Florida District Court ( pdf) the studios describe MP3Skull as a business that’s designed and operated to promote copyright infringement on a commercial scale. Records and Universal Music Group have filed a lawsuit against MP3Skull, currently operating from the Tonga based.

The coalition of record labels including Capitol Records, Sony Music, Warner Bros. Unauthorized MP3 download sites have been a thorn in the side of the music industry for many years, and a group of well-known labels are now targeting one of the biggest players in the market.

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