McCartney’s Publishing Firm Sues MP3.com

Paul McCartney’s publishing company MPL Communications Inc. has joined the record industry’s battle against digital music company MP3.com Inc.’s controversial database of copyrighted music. The publishing company filed a suit last week in U.S. District Court in New York accusing San Diego-based MP3.com of copyright infringement stemming from its https://my.mp3.com service. The service sparked a lawsuit from the trade group Recording Industry Assn. of America, representing most of the largest record labels, accusing MP3.com of violating copyright law by compiling its digital album archive. An MP3.com spokeswoman confirmed it received the suit but declined to comment on it.