Aimee Mann wins first round of MediaNet copyright lawsuit

RHIAN JONES

US singer/songwriter Aimee Mann has won the first round of a copyright infringement lawsuit against white label service MediaNet.

In July, Mann accused the company of infringing 120 of her songs saying that a license agreement signed in 2003 expired three years later.

MediaNet maintained it had a valid license, saying its agreement with Mann purportedly granted it an ongoing statutory license even after the agreement's termination.

The company maintained that the provision of the contract allowed it to exploit ...

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