Lawsuits continue to fly in the world of online music.
A separate lawsuit was filed by AOL Time Warner, which declined to be party to the RIAA suit because it wanted to broaden its attack on Aimster to include not just music files but also video and software. Aimster is Napster all over again. This time the RIAA did not start the legal battle. Aimster, in fact, filed suit against the music companies. Its CEO, Johnny Deep, said at the time that the only way it could avoid expensive litigation was to launch such a pre-emptive strike.