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Rapidshare Wins Cybersquatting Claims Against Linking Sites

Los Angeles - Free file-hosting service Rapidshare has won more than two dozen cybersquatting claims at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and been awarded the...

Dutch Courts Order Pirate Bay Blocked, Exempt ISPs

Amsterdam - A Dutch court last week upheld copyright infringement-related convictions of the operators of file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, who had claimed they no longer...

Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga 'Battling' for Top YouTube Clip

San Bruno, Calif. - Justin Bieber's music video "Baby ft. Ludacris" on Thursday briefly overtook Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" as the most-watched YouTube video of all...

Report: Sony Music Planning Classical Download Store

New York - Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music is planning to launch its own online download store for classical music and maybe jazz, All Things D reported, citing...

Shazam Releases Premium Music ID App for Android

London - Shazam, the provider of a mobile music identification application, announced on Thursday the release of a version of its Shazam Encore application for the...

Universal Music Adds Free Version of "Six-String" iPhone Game

Los Angeles - Universal Music Group on Thursday released a free version of its "Six-String" guitar game for Apple's iPhone, as well as an updated premium...

Universal Music Taps m-Wise for Mobile Storefronts

New York - Universal Music Group has tapped mobile content technology provider m-Wise to power English- and Spanish-language mobile storefronts for the U.S. market. UMG said...

Report: Amazon Plans "Major Relaunch" of MP3 Store in 2011

Seattle - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) is planning a "major relaunch" of its MP3 store for the first quarter of next year, TechCrunch reported, citing one anonymous source...

U.K. Royalty Society PRS Backs Levy on Piracy for ISPs

London - U.K. royalty collection society PRS for Music is pressing the government there to compel ISPs to compensate the music industry for the unauthorized music...

BMW to Support Apple "iPod Out" Vehicle Interface

Los Angeles - Automaker BMW has announced its support for iPod Out, a new API for Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iOS 4 that will bring an Apple...