A website accused of selling music by The Beatles without permission was placed under a temporary restraining order on Friday.
BlueBeat.com were issued an order by U.S. District Judge John F. Walter that has stopped them from offering digital Beatles music.
Beatles’ record label EMI sued the Santa Cruz based company on Tuesday for alleged copyright infringement.
BlueBeat tried to sell the entire Fab Four catalogue for 25 cents per song last week, according to court papers filed in U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles.
Digital music retailers like Apple’s iTunes and Google’s OneBox don’t sell Beatles songs because of a dispute between the band members and EMI over an agreement to license their music to download digitally.
In the lawsuit, BlueBeat are accused of violating federal copyright law by offering Beatles material without permission.
BlueBeat’s parent company, Media Rights Technology Inc., and Media Rights chief executive Hank Risan are also named as defendants in the suit.
Risan has so far refused to comment about the case, which is scheduled for November 20.
