EMI sues online music provider

EMI Group, alleging copyright infringement, sued the founder of a San Diego online music provider, seven years after another Internet firm founded by him paid more than $100 million to end similar lawsuits.

Michael Robertson and his company, MP3Tunes, were named as defendants in a complaint filed by EMI labels including Capitol Records Inc. and EMI Virgin Music Inc. in federal court in Manhattan. The suit seeks undetermined damages and a court order blocking Robertson from infringing.

Beginning in 2000, an earlier online music company founded by Robertson, MP3.com, agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle infringement suits by Universal Music Group and other labels. Universal later acquired MP3.com for $385 million.