The UK music industry has won a landmark court case in its fight against illegal online music sharing.
High Court judges ordered two men to pay the British Phonographic Industry between £1,500 and £5,000 for making thousands of songs available online.
One of the men said he did not know he was acting illegally, the other said […]
A UK version of the social networking site MySpace.com is to be launched “within the next 30 days”.
The announcement was made by Fox Interactive Media president Ross Levinson at a meeting of the National Association of Television Programme Executives in Las Vegas.
The site allows users to share video and photos, write blogs and network […]
Catholic group Opus Dei has called for the film version of The Da Vinci Code novel to be given an adult rating.
The organisation says children should be protected from what it calls “insidious” lies about Catholicism.
Spokesman Marc Carroggio said: “Any adult can distinguish reality from fiction. But you cannot expect a child to make proper […]
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Many DJs are still unwittingly breaking the law by playing unlicensed digital copies of tracks months after a new permit scheme began, the BBC has found.
The annual licences, costing £200 plus VAT, were introduced by royalty collection agency PPL in September.
DJs who copy tracks onto computers or MP3 players without one are breaking copyright […]
The Beach Boys are seeking millions of dollars in damages from two men they claim stole recordings and memorabilia from a warehouse in order to sell them at auction.
The band claims Roy Sciacca and Allan Gaba violated the group’s copyright, trademark and “right of publicity” by trying to auction the goods in October.
They are seeking […]
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In addition to this 8 more loops were added to the “premium” section of
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Members may download all loops free of charge.
In addition, for a nominal fee, all Loopasonic Premium members have
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A ban on older fans seeing the Rolling Stones perform at the Super Bowl has been lifted, organisers say.
People over 45 were initially not invited to take to the field and dance during the concert, as the task was considered too physically demanding.
But US National Football League (NFL) spokesman Brian McCarthy said: “We wanted to […]
Movies Brokeback Mountain, Crash and Capote have been nominated for awards by two influential US bodies.
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) both announced their nominations on the same day.
The PGA shortlisted the three films for its best movie, along with Walk the Line and Good Night and […]
Goodies founder Graeme Garden has welcomed the fact that the trio’s nostalgia show Return of the Goodies attracted 3.3 million viewers.
BBC Two’s 30 December show gained “a pretty respectable viewing figure for a nostalgia clip show”, he said. The Goodies left BBC for ITV in 1981.
But Garden said he would not pressure the BBC to […]