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Mygazines Settles Copyright Lawsuit, Agrees to Remove Infringing Content

By soulxtc

Removes the more popular magazines from its site, but still contains some interesting titles to read. It was just a few months after the launch of magazine-sharing web site Mygazines that it was sued by a number of angry publishers. According to recently revealed court documents, the site was able to reach a settlement with them on September 8th, and it means that it will largely be cutting back on the free content it offers. Mygazines agreed to remove the publishers' copyrighted content and review uploaded content for unauthorized material. The Mygazines concept is simple, it essentially allows users to share magazines in the "same manner a doctors' office, law firm, libraries, and hair salons would with their clients every day.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on October 06, 2008 (boomark / email).