US COURTS: Record companies accuse Fayette County man of illegally distributing 1,150 audio files through Gnutella LimeWire

From United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - "Complaint for Copyright Infringement":

SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT,a Delaware general partnership; WARNERBROS. RECORDS INC., a Delawarecorporation; MOTOWN RECORDCOMPANY, L.P., a California limitedpartnership; UMG RECORDINGS, INC., aDelaware corporation; BMG MUSIC, aNew York general partnership; andATLANTIC RECORDINGCORPORATION, a Delaware corporation,Plaintiffs,vs.WILLIE D. STEWMAN,Defendant. ...Plaintiffs identified an individual using LimeWire on the P2P network Gnutella atIP address 71.32.75.68 on March 2, 2007 at 08:10:01 EST distributing 1150 audio files over theInternet. The Defendant was identified as the individual responsible for that IP address at thatdate and time. Plaintiffs are informed and believe that as of March 2, 2007, Defendant, withoutthe permission or consent of Plaintiffs, had continuously used, and continued to use, a P2Pnetwork to download and/or distribute to the public the Copyrighted Recordings. Exhibit Aidentifies the date and time of capture and a list of Copyrighted Recordings that Defendant has,without the permission or consent of Plaintiffs, downloaded and/or distributed to the public.Through Defendant's continuous and ongoing acts of downloading and/or distributing to thepublic the Copyrighted Recordings, which acts Plaintiffs believe to have been ongoing for sometime, Defendant has violated Plaintiffs' exclusive rights of reproduction and distribution.Defendant's actions constitute infringement of Plaintiffs' copyrights and exclusive rights undercopyright. ...EXHIBIT A: ...Michael Jackson - Rock With YouMichael Jackson - ThrillerSade - No Ordinary LoveLinkin Park - CrawlingBoyz II Men - I'll Make Love to You98 Degrees - Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)Eve 6 - Inside OutSWV - RainJewel - HandsAlabama - Mountain Music

a Delaware general partnership; WARNER

BROS. RECORDS INC., a Delaware

corporation; MOTOWN RECORD

COMPANY, L.P., a California limited

partnership; UMG RECORDINGS, INC., a

Delaware corporation; BMG MUSIC, a

New York general partnership; and

ATLANTIC RECORDING

CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

WILLIE D. STEWMAN,

Defendant. ...

Plaintiffs identified an individual using LimeWire on the P2P network Gnutella at

IP address 71.32.75.68 on March 2, 2007 at 08:10:01 EST distributing 1150 audio files over the

Internet. The Defendant was identified as the individual responsible for that IP address at that

date and time. Plaintiffs are informed and believe that as of March 2, 2007, Defendant, without

the permission or consent of Plaintiffs, had continuously used, and continued to use, a P2P

network to download and/or distribute to the public the Copyrighted Recordings. Exhibit A

identifies the date and time of capture and a list of Copyrighted Recordings that Defendant has,

without the permission or consent of Plaintiffs, downloaded and/or distributed to the public.

Through Defendant's continuous and ongoing acts of downloading and/or distributing to the

public the Copyrighted Recordings, which acts Plaintiffs believe to have been ongoing for some

time, Defendant has violated Plaintiffs' exclusive rights of reproduction and distribution.

Defendant's actions constitute infringement of Plaintiffs' copyrights and exclusive rights under

copyright. ...

EXHIBIT A: ...

Michael Jackson - Rock With You

Michael Jackson - Thriller

Sade - No Ordinary Love

Linkin Park - Crawling

Boyz II Men - I'll Make Love to You

98 Degrees - Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)

Eve 6 - Inside Out

SWV - Rain

Jewel - Hands

Alabama - Mountain Music