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Entertainment & Sports

Apr. 24, 2012

Music label sues karaoke retailer

A billion-dollar copyright infringement battle between Michael Jackson's music publisher and an online karaoke disc retailer could be a thriller for the ravaged music industry.


By Erica E. Phillips


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A billion-dollar copyright infringement battle between Michael Jackson's music publisher and an online karaoke disc retailer is slated to play out in L.A. - and the case could be a thriller for the ravaged music industry.


At issue is whether mom-and-pop shop KTS Karaoke Inc. infringed copyrights on nearly 7,000 songs from the Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC catalog. If a court decides KTS is i...

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