LEGAL MATTERS: PEERMUSIC / ACEMLA / SONOLUX / BANCO POPULARUpdated: August 2008
1. JUDGE JOSÉ A FUSTÉ VIOLATES ROOKER-FELDMAN DOCTRINE
In violation of the (law) Rooker-Feldman doctrine and obvious lies that Fusté repeated as his own. See here what the Puerto Rico Supreme Court has been told (in spanish) about the lies that ACEMLA presented and that judge Fusté used as the truth to violate Rooker-Feldman (Wikipedia).2. DECISION BY JOSÉ A. FUSTÉ TO FAVOR DE PEERMUSIC AND ACEMLA
It is approved (through silence, inaction and direct approval) the massive theft of Guillermo Venegas' music to help Peermusic and ACEMLA with over two hundred "errors". See analysis.3. APPEAL OF JOSÉ A. FUSTÉ' DECISONS - NOTHING CHANGED
4. SENTENCE AGAINST SONOLUX (DIVISION OF ORGANIZACION ARDILLA LULLE) - AND NO PAYMENT
Sonolux did not answer the lawsuit but after trial and sentence it made an appearance to appeal the sentence and request lower damages. Sonolux said it did not answer the lawsuit because of a confusion (their lawyers?). Then they disappeared, after closing their florida office. sonolux has not paid a single cent in damages after three years - the sentence was issued on december 2005. Carlos Ardilla Lulle, the owner is the wealthiest man in Colombia. Sonolux produced 24 (that we know of) records with Venegas songs, always without a license, until they obtained a few illegal ones from ACEMLA. Sonolux has sold over five million records with Venegas songs. ACEMLA, incredibly and without explanation, was not penalized by a fully aware judge José A. Fusté for the production of these millions of illegal records - and for ACEMLA's interference that prevented the collection of royalties by the song's owners. These royalties exceed $300,000. ANOTHER OF THE OVER 200 "ERRORS" BY FUSTÉ. That is how ACEMLA has not have to pay a single cent because of their massive copyright infringement.5. BANCO POPULAR SUES PEERMUSIC AND ACEMLA FOR ILLEGALLY LICENSING THEM THE SONG GÉNESIS
The song Genesis was used by a widely viwed Banco Popular television progams after receiving an illegal license from Peermusic. Afterwards ACEMLA issued an also illegal retroactive license to Banco Popular. Many thousands of voeotapes of the program were sold (we still don't know how many). In this lawsuit, Guillermo Venegas Lloveras Inc. too sued Peermusic and ACEMLA for their illegal licensing. This lawsuit was filed on 2001 and after 7 years, nothing has ben decided.6. MARIA AND GUILLERMO VENEGAS SUE ACEMLA FOR TORTUOUS INTERFERENCE
This lawsuit was filed in October 2007 and causes ACEMLA of interfering with an existing written agreement between Venegas' widow - and estate executor - and the children of Venegas. The agreement stipulated that the music rights would belong to the children. ACEMLA, with full knowledge of the facts made itself the owner of all Venegas' music after inducing the widow to declare herself as owner and then assigning the copyrights to ACEMLA. The lawsuit is under Judge Carlos Dávila Vélez. Plaintiffs are children of Guillermo Venegas Lloveras.