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Re:MusicBrainz: an open music encyclopedia by jacquesm on Saturday June 03, 2017 @07:55PM (#14479155)
So, given that you had already predicted you'd get sued, who sued you and what for?
Re:MusicBrainz: an open music encyclopedia by buu700 on Saturday June 03, 2017 @08:48PM (#14479326)
Well, I hadn't exactly predicted it — the quoted joke was from the top of the site's FAQ page, meant to imply that users of the service would get in trouble for being complicit in copyright infringement / piracy — but it also wasn't all that surprising when it happened. I was sued by the current Napster (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster_(streaming_music_servi...) for alleged trademark infringement.

In the end we settled before it ever went to trial, so unfortunately that quote never found its way into a court transcript.