Prominent lawyer takes up case of music file sharer (MalaysiaNews.net)
Feb 25, 2010 Uncategorized
A lawyer for a US graduate student who was convicted for sharing copyright music online has asked that his client be given a retrial.
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Prominent lawyer takes up case of music file sharer (MalaysiaNews.net)
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Vampire Weekend’s Guitarist on Homosexuality & Music (Spin)
Feb 25, 2010 Uncategorized
Vampire Weekend guitarist, keyboardist, and producer Rostam Batmanglij has opened up about how his homosexuality has affected his music, including the New York band’s chart-topping new album Contra . As pointed out by Perez Hilton , the Ivy Leaguer recently spoke to Out Magazine about “Diplomat’s Son,” a track from Contra featuring the lyrics, “That night I smoked a joint / With my best friend …
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Vampire Weekend’s Guitarist on Homosexuality & Music (Spin)
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Arson charge in Gamble and Huff music company fire (AP via Yahoo! News)
Feb 25, 2010 Uncategorized
Police charged a man with arson Wednesday in a fire at the music company offices of a Grammy-winning songwriting team Gamble and Huff who scored dozens of hits for stars including Teddy Pendergrass, Patti LaBelle, Lou Rawls and the O’Jays.
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Arson charge in Gamble and Huff music company fire (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Arson charge in famed Philly music company fire (AP via Yahoo! News)
Feb 24, 2010 Uncategorized
Police charged a man with arson Wednesday in a fire at the music company offices of a Grammy-winning songwriting team who produced dozens of best-selling records from R&B stars including Teddy Pendergrass, Patti LaBelle, Lou Rawls and the O’Jays.
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Arson charge in famed Philly music company fire (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Night Music to Smile Through August; Zeta-Jones and Lansbury Will Depart in June (Playbill)
Feb 24, 2010 Uncategorized
Tickets to the Broadway revival of A Little Night Music, starring Oscar winner Catherine Zeta Jones and Tony Award-winning actress Angela Lansbury, are now on sale through Aug. 29, a production spokesperson confirmed.
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Night Music to Smile Through August; Zeta-Jones and Lansbury Will Depart in June (Playbill)
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Practical Advice for Music Bloggers Worried About DMCA Takedown Censorship (Electronic Frontier Foundations)
Feb 24, 2010 Uncategorized
Let’s say you are a blogger who writes about music regularly and includes links to music in your posts. How do you avoid having your blog censored off the Internet by “DMCA takedown notices” sent out by music industry lawyers (as happened last week to several blogs hosted by Blogger)?
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Practical Advice for Music Bloggers Worried About DMCA Takedown Censorship (Electronic Frontier Foundations)
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US urges Brazil to fight movie, music piracy (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Feb 24, 2010 Uncategorized
The United States is seeking closer cooperation with Brazil to fight piracy of movies, music and other intellectual properties, US Attorney General Eric Holder told an audience in Rio de Janeiro Wednesday.
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US urges Brazil to fight movie, music piracy (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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1 million fewer music download buyers in ‘09 (CNET)
Feb 24, 2010 Uncategorized
NPD Group says those who stopped buying music online were mostly older music fans who lost interest. Analyst Crupnick recommends hiring Kraft or Colgate marketers.
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1 million fewer music download buyers in ‘09 (CNET)
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At Hearing, Boston Music Downloader Argues for New Trial or Reduced Verdict (Law.com)
Feb 24, 2010 Uncategorized
Lawyers at a District of Massachusetts hearing about whether music downloader Joel Tenenbaum should have a new copyright infringement trial or whether the court should reduce the $675,000 jury verdict, debated Congress’ intent in setting infringement damages.
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At Hearing, Boston Music Downloader Argues for New Trial or Reduced Verdict (Law.com)
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Student seeks new trial in music downloading case (AP via Yahoo! News)
Feb 24, 2010 Uncategorized
A lawyer for a graduate student ordered to pay four music companies a combined $675,000 for downloading and sharing songs online has asked a federal judge to reduce the penalty or order a new trial.
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Student seeks new trial in music downloading case (AP via Yahoo! News)
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