AOL-Time Warner is being sued for $47 million in damages by
software developer Playmedia. The company claims its proprietary
MP3 technology was misused in the web browser AOL 6.0, according to
reports in Motley Fool and Newsbytes.
In its lawsuit filed in an LA court, Playmedia claims that the
software had originally been licensed to developer Nullsoft for use
in its popular Winamp MP3 player. Nullsoft was bought by AOL two
years ago.
AOL-Time Warner has the right to continue using the software in
Winamp, but, according to the lawsuit, not in other applications,
such as AOL 6.0.
