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Music Publishers Settle Suit Against Unlicensed Lyrics Site

Washington - The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) announced on Tuesday that it has successfully settled its copyright infringement suit against Motive Force and Sean Colombo, operators...
Benji Rogers on the music industry and blockchain

5 Questions With: Benji Rogers of PledgeMusic

PledgeMusic is a direct-to-fan music platform that enhances the fan-artist dynamic from the creation of music to its experience in digital and live formats. The platform...

Can You Legally Resell iTunes Music? [with demo video]

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case that involved consumers’ rights to resell a digital product. Lawyers may get another chance to ponder these questions with tomorrow’s launch of ReDigi.

PersonalWeb Melds with Brilliant Digital's Kinetech

Brilliant Digital Entertainment subsidiary Kinetech Inc. and Texas-based startup PersonalWeb Technologies confirmed the recent completion of an asset contribution that provided BDE with majority ownership of PersonalWeb. Kinetech contributed its Truenames patent portfolio to PersonalWeb as part of the transaction, but other business details were not available. The companies said the purpose of the agreement was to combine the technology, software development and intellectual property strengths of both companies.

Felony Arrests Shut Megaupload Cloud Locker [with indictment]

Authorities in several countries, led by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, acted Thursday to shut down Megaupload Ltd. and arrest several of the people involved in its operation. This is the first major anti-piracy action taken against a cloud storage service.

Anti-bully law could turn trolls into criminals

A bipartisan bill designed to stop online bullying has raised the specter of Internet censorship as it passes through Arizona's legislature.

Isohunt Debuts 'Lite' U.S. Version of Site to Appease Court

Los Angeles - Following a federal judge's order last month to removing all infringing content from its site, Torrent search engine Isohunt has opted to block...

NBA Lockout Would Affect Websites

With the deadline looming for an NBA lockout, ESPN.com took a look at the implications for digital media. The league's current collective bargaining agreement is...

eHarmony Loses Lawsuit, Will Make Site "Welcoming" to Gays

Los Angeles - Dating site eHarmony on Tuesday agreed to pay $500,000 and make its site more "welcoming" to gay and lesbian customers, as part of...

Is the Government Trying to Kill the Internet?

New legislation proposed today raises all kinds of demons and specters that have nothing to do with Halloween. The STOP Online Piracy Act, introduced Wednesday by leaders of the House Judiciary Committee and a companion to the Senate Judiciary Committee's proposed Protect IP Act, instantly ignited heated arguments both for and against.