Recording Labels Sue YouTube Downloader Website, Fail To Grasp The Insignificance Of Their Actions

The recording industry doesn't have the most respectable history when it comes to lawsuits. Between asking for millions for trivial acts of piracy, and asking potentially for trillions in more serious cases, they've shown that they're not only completely disconnected from reality, but totally unheeding of the actual effects of their litigation. So it's not surprising to see them tilting at yet another windmill. Today's target is TubeFire, a site that should be familiar to you, at least in principle. It allows you to download and convert YouTube videos to a format more easily watched offline (FLV files can be tricky). You give it the URL, it churns for a bit, and then you can download the video in MP4 or another format. Clearly this re-containering of free content is a grave threat to the recording industry, and must be stopped at all costs. So 25 of the world's largest labels have gotten together and sued them.

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