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Article: Cinram, RIAA settle for $10.1 million. (Digital Rights Management).
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- Tape-Disc Business
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
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In October, replicator Cinram International reached an "amicable settlement" of $10.1 million with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), according to Cinram's third-quarter 2002 SEC filing, for replicating CDs that allegedly infringed copyrights owned by RIAA members.
The settlement came despite Cinram's status as a certified member of IRMA's Anti-Piracy Compliance program. "Most of the alleged infringements were prior to Cinram's involvement and subsequent certification in the IRMA Anti-Piracy Compliance Program," said David Rubenstein, president of Cinram Americas. Other infringements are said to have occurred at an uncertified plant.
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