Sharebeast Shut Down by U.S. Department of Justice
The file-sharing website Sharebeast has been shut down by the Department of Justice, Billboard reports. The site now directs to a notice of seizure posted by the FBI, which refers to the site’s “willful copyright infringement.”
Recording Industry Association of America Chairman and CEO Cary Sherman shared a statement about the shutdown on the RIAA’s website:
This is a huge win for the music community and legitimate music services. Sharebeast operated with flagrant disregard for the rights of artists and labels while undermining the legal marketplace.
Millions of users accessed songs from Sharebeast each month without one penny of compensation going to countless artists, songwriters, labels and others who created the music. We are grateful to the FBI and the Department of Justice for its strong stand against Sharebeast and for recognizing that these types of illicit sites wreak major damage on the music community and hinder fans’ legitimate listening options.
Albumjams.com, another file-sharing website which was associated with Sharebeast, was also shut down.
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