Rick Martin · · 3 min readRecording Industry Assoc. of Japan Seeking $3 Million From Youtube Download Site
This week one of the many web services that allows you to download YouTube videos has been shut down as a result of a lawsuit from copyright owners in Japan.
31 companies including members of The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) filed a class-action lawsuit against Tokyo-based TubeFire.com on August 19th claiming that the service violates copyright law by enabling its users to copy and convert YouTube videos.
According to the RIAJ website, the companies filing the lawsuit are*
| Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. | Dolly Music, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Victor Entertainment Inc. | Yoshimoto R & Sea, Inc. |
| King Records, Inc. | Johnny’s Entertainment, Inc. |
| Entertainment Teichiku | J Storm Inc. |
| Universal Music Group LLC | SME Records Inc. |
| EMI Music Japan Inc. | Epic Records Japan Inc. |
| Nippon Crown Co., Ltd. | Kuhn Records Inc. |
| Tokuma Japan Communications Inc. | Sony Music Records Inc. |
| Pony Canyon Inc. | Sony Music Associated Records Inc. |
| Warner Classics | Defstar Records Inc. |
| Bop, Inc. | Avex Entertainment Inc. |
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