2nd Circuit Partly Vacates DMCA Safe Harbor Rulings In Favor Of MP3Tunes

(October 26, 2016, 11:28 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge applied “too narrow” a definition of “repeat infringer” in finding that the former music downloading site MP3Tunes LLC qualified for safe harbor immunity under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Oct. 25 (Capitol Records LLC, et al. v. MP3Tunes LLC, et al., Nos. 14-4369, -4509, 2nd Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 19236)....