Spotify files complaint over SpotifyRip.com.
Online music phenomenon Spotify has filed a complaint in an effort to take down a web site that explains how to rip music from its service.
The company filed the complaint against SpotifyRip.com with World Intellectual Property Organization under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).
UDRP is a policy for handling cybersquatting complaints, but it’s probably the fastest route for the company to take down the offending site.
The web site at SpotifyRip.com explains to users:
SpotifyRip.com is your guide on how to rip and copy music from Spotify to your computer so you can listen to music for free whenever you want! Choose from the millions of free tracks avaliable on Spotify and play them on your computer without an internet connection. The free guides on this site will show you how to record even with the free version of Spotify.
The domain name was originally registered in April 2010 but was protected by whois privacy. With the UDRP filing, the actual whois record for the domain has been unveiled. The whois record reveals the domain is owned by a Great Britain man.
If Spotify is successful in its case, the domain name will be transferred into its control.
This is the first time Spotify has attempted to recover a domain name using UDRP.
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