Kid Rock loses roughing-up case after failing to attend deposition
Judge Shalina Kumar has ruled against Kid Rock, throwing out his defamation suit against Kelly Ann Kozlowski after he missed a court-ordered deposition.…
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Comcast sued over alleged BitTorrent limitations
Comcast customer Jon Hart has sued the US ISP over claims it blocks or limits BitTorrent uploads, contrary to how it advertises its services.…
Indonesia and Netherlands close more illegal music download sites
Indonesian authorities have shut two Jakarta download services after IFPI complaints, while Dutch watchdog BREIN has closed the P2P site ShareConnector.com.…
Prince about to sue The Pirate Bay
Prince is reportedly preparing lawsuits against BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay in the US, France and Sweden, and against companies advertising on the site.…
EMI win cyber squatting case
EMI has won a cybersquatting case over the emi-musicgroup.info domain, which the World Intellectual Property Organisation has ordered handed over, while MySpace won myspacetv.org.…
Hannah Montana fan club member sues over implied ticket promise
A New Jersey fan has sued Miley Cyrus's fan club, claiming it implied fan club members would get tickets for her sold out tour, which sold out in four minutes.…
George arrested over chained up escort claims
Boy George has been charged with false imprisonment after Norwegian escort Auden Carlsen claimed he was chained to a wall at the singer's London flat in April.…
Four Tops win case against misrepresenting tribute band
Four Tops founder Abdul 'Duke' Fakir has won a High Court case against Viscount Oliver Miller, whose tribute band toured as Viscount Oliver's Legendary Four Tops.…
More Prince fan site nonsense
The dispute between Prince and three fan sites continues, with the fan sites forming Prince Fans United and talks with the singer's management reportedly ongoing.…
EMI sue MP3.com founder over MP3tunes.com
EMI has sued MP3.com founder Michael Robertson's companies MP3tunes.com and Sideload, alleging they infringe copyright, which Robertson calls retaliatory.…
Indian label gets court order against YouTube
Indian label Super Cassettes Industries has obtained a court order prohibiting YouTube India from carrying its music or videos, following earlier litigation.…
Polish piracy server closed down
A Polish server allegedly used to post pre-release music has been shut down by police after a raid, with two people arrested.…