In July, he sued them for copyright infringement, seeking to prevent them from using his name and likeness in the marketing of Auto-Tune.
In Sweden, the law that went into effect last April is softer than those in France, Taiwan or South Korea and has resulted in only a handful of lawsuits from copyright owners seeking to shut down suspected pirates.
Now, he has sued Yoga to the People for copyright infringement, seeking monetary damages and asking a federal judge to block Yoga to the People from offering its hot yoga class.
On October 24, 2006, the Associated Press reported that Donald and Robert Hughes filed a lawsuit against Fox Broadcasting Company and the show's executive producer and creator, Paul Scheuring, for copyright infringement, seeking unspecified damages and other costs.
The fight for Fair Use is not one that is anti-copyright; fair use does not disown copyright nor seek to overthrow it and replace it with some sort of Utopian socialist vision of a free for all where content creators would no longer be able to own their works.
A 1998 copyright law sought to limit the liability of Internet providers over how subscribers use their resources, while making it easier for copyright holders to pursue online infringers.
They might have lost, if they did, on fair-use grounds, but the threats were the point; many copyright holders sought to control the way their properties circulated and to keep any money those properties made.
ACTA even allows for injunctions to prevent "imminent" infringement should a copyright owner seek to prevent new technology from reaching the marketplace.
Like YouTube today, says Mr Cuban, Napster said it would remove pirated material at the request of any copyright owner, thus seeking refuge in the "safe harbour" clause of a 1998 copyright law.
A copy of one of their pieces was so exact, a group of designers seeking copyright protection from Congress used it as an example of the pervasiveness of fashion piracy.
