Major Labels Team Up to Sue Two Prominent YouTube Video-Ripping Sites

The "Big Three" record labels--Universal, Warner Bros., and Sony--have filed a lawsuit against two music download sites based in Russia, FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com, as Billboard reports. Like others before them, the sites allow users to rip audio from any video on YouTube, obviously complicating things for the labels regarding licensing and royalties. With around…