U.K. Ministers have been given a concession in the Digital Economy Bill which would allow them to amend existing laws on online piracy without the… Read More no comments

The U.K.’s first file sharing trial ended mid January with an acquittal. Alan Ellis, who ran one of the world’s largest music sharing websites, Oink,… Read More no comments

The Orchard received a default judgment of $1.77 against Imeem, the now defunct social media service where users interacted with each other by streaming, uploading… Read More no comments

The latest to emerge from France’s efforts to fight illegal file-sharing has been the proposal of a new tax on Google and other internet portals… Read More no comments

Apple has agreed to purchase Lala, a four year old start-up based in Palo Alto. Lala, unlike Apple iTunes, lets users play the music they… Read More no comments

Yukio Hatoyama, the recently elected Japanese prime minister has pledged to extend posthumous copyright protection on compositions from 50 to 70 years. The prime minister… Read More no comments

Video game maker Activision Publishing is being sued by the rock group No Doubt over a feature in the new “Band Hero” game that allows… Read More no comments

EMI is suing online music seller BlueBeat.com for selling the entire Beatles catalogue without permission. The label filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court… Read More no comments

A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a music industry contention that a cellphone is a portable concert hall and that when a ringtone begins playing,… Read More no comments

The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved legislation to make radio stations pay royalties to performers when music is broadcast. Satellite radio, Internet radio, and cable… Read More no comments