Universal Music Wins A Round

According to reporter Peter Lauria, "Universal Music Group won a key copyright decision against online community Bolt.com in a big win (for the music industry)...as part of the settlement, Bolt agreed to equip its Web site with filtering software," in what is considered a victory "against a user-generated content Web site. A month later, the label leveled similar charges against MySpace. The lawsuits accuse the Web sites of sharing, copying, reformatting, distributing and creating derivative versions of songs from Mariah Carey, The Killers, Bon Jovi and others."

The word "sharing" is prominent in this, because that's what so many thieves hide behind as an excuse. If it's done without permission, it's stealing.