GoDaddy Agrees to Remove Fox-MusicaGratis.com Following Music Industry ComplaintsByNitish Singh-June 2 2018.1027 Figure 1 Photo Courtesy of GoDaddy GoDaddy is the world’s largest registrar of domain names and has pulled down several other pirate websites following complaints from the Dmca. According to sources, the company was not given an opportunity to make an appeal to GoDaddy and the site was taken directly down. GoDaddy has actively removed ‘ pirate ‘ websites based on Dmca court-order complaints and music industry appeals. Copyright complaints are being taken seriously by the world’s largest domain registrar, which has taken down many websites in the recent past including Melodia Vip Fox Musica and Fulltono. These websites have been reported to offer Mp3 music without any copyright licenses from the original content owners forcing GoDaddy to suspend those domains after complaints have been filed from the music industry. Numerous Dmca attacks also contribute to deregistration of websites by domain registrars. In this situation, complaints from the Peruvian Copyright Commission (Pcc) claimed that FoxMusicaGratis caused irreversible damage by free distribution of Mp3 content to copyright holders and should be taken down. Once the request was submitted by the Pcc GoDaddy took down the website without allowing the owners of the website to appeal. .1028 The legal battle between Apple and Qualcomm continues with key witness Arjuna Siva not appearing in court Thursday. The hearing saw Qualcomm demand $1.40 per iPhone which has violated the patents of the chipmaker since the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus was released. Apple has not agreed to pay the fine, and proceedings at the San Diego court will continue next week. Apple and Qualcomm have been in legal battle for months because of patent infringement and software licensing disputes. While things weren’t going favorably for Apple with the iPhone manufacturer being forced by a German court to use last month’s Qualcomm chips, the iPhone maker may soon find themselves in more trouble. Qualcomm is now seeking damages of $31 million over the suspected violation of three patents held by the American chipmaker. Former Apple engineer Arjuna Siva is the primary witness of the case who failed to appear on Thursday for his testimony. Siva will testify in the court next week and it’s unclear why he didn’t board the flight to attend this week’s litigation because Apple has accused Qualcomm of tainting witnesses. Qualcomm wants $1.40 per iPhone built using infringed patents but it remains to be seen if the chipmaker gets the full amount as negotiations are likely to occur. Qualcomm also faces a lawsuit over its antitrust practices as well as a hearing scheduled for next month which could see the manufacturer fined by authorities.