Similar lawsuits against Hotfile and IsoHunt ended with both sites being shut down and settlements of $80 million and $110 million respectively. It has been speculated that the lawsuit was filed as a way for the record labels to backdoor SOPA and use it further as a precedent to take other domains and websites down. The music companies involved in the suit asked for $520 million in statutory damages and a permanent injunction that prevents domain registrars and registries from working with the site. On 17 April 2015, a lawsuit was filed against the operators of the website. Mp3skull claimed to comply with the DMCA and removes infringing content reported by content owners.

As of October 2016, the website is offline. As of February 2016, RIAA and other music labels led a successful court case against Mp3Skull. Īlthough Mp3skull was among Alexa's Top 500 websites in 2013, it suffered a drop in ranking due to a Google algorithm update that impacted sites considered to be promoting piracy. It was founded in 2010 and the site has been the subject of controversy for helping users to find unauthorized copies of copyrighted music. Mp3skull was a website that provided direct download links to MP3 files located on third-party sites. Domain ID:D161197848-LROR Domain Name:MP3SKULL.ORG Created On:1 01:25:36 UTC Last Updated On:2 08:07:16 UTC Expiration Date:1 01:25:36 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:Dynadot, LLC (R1266-LROR) Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED Registrant ID:C-90062 Registrant Name: Registrant Street1:Roy Registrant Street2:Lee Registrant Street3: Registrant City:Tangshan Registrant State/Province:Hebei Registrant Postal Code:063000 Registrant Country:CN Registrant Phone:+86.13888888888 Registrant Phone Ext.: Registrant FAX: Registrant FAX Ext.: Registrant Email:admin(at) Admin ID:C-90062 Admin Name: Admin Street1:Roy Admin Street2:Lee Admin Street3: Admin City:Tangshan Admin State/Province:Hebei Admin Postal Code:063000 Admin Country:CN Admin Phone:+86.13888888888 Admin Phone Ext.: Admin FAX: Admin FAX Ext.: Admin Email:admin(at) Tech ID:C-90062 Tech Name: Tech Street1:Roy Tech Street2:Lee Tech Street3: Tech City:Tangshan Tech State/Province:Hebei Tech Postal Code:063000 Tech Country:CN Tech Phone:+86.13888888888 Tech Phone Ext.: Tech FAX: Tech FAX Ext.: Tech Email:admin(at) Name Server: Name Server: one million per day as of March 2015

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