Federal court ruled Mon. that AOL probably committed copyright in...
Federal court ruled Mon. that AOL probably committed copyright infringement by using and distributing computer software owned by PlayMedia Systems without latter’s audio player “WINAMP.” In Oct. 29 order granting preliminary injunction against AOL, U.S. Dist. Judge Howard Matz,…
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L.A., said PlayMedia was likely to succeed in proving that: (1) AOL exceeded terms of license given by PlayMedia to Nullsoft -- company later acquired by AOL -- for AMP software that decoded digital audio files compressed in MP3 format. (2) AOL, even if it were using AMP source code in conjunction with WINAMP, violated licensing agreement by sublicensing AMP in object code form other than for use in conjunction with WINAMP only. (3) PlayMedia had suffered irreparable injury and was entitled to injunctive relief. AOL reportedly has said it will seek stay of injunction and appeal it.