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File-Swapper's Third Trial, on Damages, Set for October

Los Angeles - Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the file-swapper twice found guilty of copyright infringement in jury trials, will head back to court for a third trial on...

Sony Music UK to Drop Promo CDs for Digital E-cards

London - Sony Music UK is set to become the first major record label to do away with the practice of sending out promotional CDs to...

Report: Apple Urging Labels to Reject Amazon MP3 "Daily Deals"

Los Angeles - Apple (NASD: AAPL) has begun urging record labels not to participate in a discounted MP3 promotion offered by rival Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN), and withdrawing iTunes...

The Filter to Power Video Recommendations on Dailymotion

New York - The Filter, the white-label provider of media recommendations co-founded by musician Peter Gabriel, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a deal to provide...

RightsFlow Partners With The Royalty Network

New York - The Royalty Network, a provider of publishing and administration services for independent music producers, has partnered with RightsFlow, a provider of mechanical licensing services...

Guest Column: Fiona Bloom's "Severe 70" Buzz Bands at SxSW 2010

I'm happy to bring my Severe List back- The hottest buzz acts of SXSW '10. Although this time was quite challenging as the quality of acts...

Pirate Bay Fails to Comply With Dutch Court Order

Los Angeles - The Pirate Bay has failed to remove links to a list of torrents linking to copyrighted files from its website, which per a...

Thumbplay Hires Former Apple Exec Calamera as CTO

New York - Thumbplay, a mobile entertainment distributor that recently launched a subscription music service, announced on Monday that it has hired former Apple (NASD: AAPL) executive Pablo...

Universal to Pay Legal Fees of Dancing Baby Video Uploader

San Francisco - Universal Music Group has been ordered by a federal judge to pay some of the attorneys' fees incurred by Stephanie Lenz, whose video...

Music Mastermind Gets $4.85M for Web-based Music Creation

Los Angeles - Music Mastermind, the provider of a Web-based music creation platform, has raised $4.85 million in its first round of funding. Details on investors were not...