Trade bodies to consider format shifting
A Music Business Group committee will discuss whether to seek a private copying levy after the government considers legalising format shifting following the Gowers Review.…
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Glitter in hospital
A Vietnamese doctor says Gary Glitter was hospitalised in early January with diarrhoea and an irregular heartbeat, and is now fully recovered.…
Wyclef says Jacko owes him money
Wyclef Jean tells The Sun that Michael Jackson still owes him payment for production work on sessions ten years ago.…
Bobby Brown facing drugs charges
Bobby Brown is reportedly to face drug possession charges after police found cocaine in his possession at a Massachusetts hotel, and is due in court on 19 February.…
Doherty gets caution over photographer fracas
Pete Doherty has received a caution for criminal damage to a photographer's camera after an August incident in Somerset, with no further action to be taken.…
Witnesses testify against P Diddy in club fracas case
Four eyewitnesses have come forward to support Gerard Rechnitzer's claim that Sean Combs attacked him outside a New York club last February.…
Foxy judge asks for more ear info
A New York judge has asked for more information about Foxy Brown's hearing condition and treatment options before considering her request for early release.…
Has Hands ordered an IE retraction?
HitsDailyDouble reports that EMI's Guy Hands is considering legal action against ie:music head Tim Clark over comments he made to the Times about EMI.…
RIAA ordered to pay costs from unsuccessful P2P lawsuit
The RIAA must pay the legal costs of Tanya Andersen, whose file-sharing case was dismissed for lack of evidence, a District Court judge has affirmed.…
Britney's snapper woes
Four photographers were arrested after a late-night car chase involving Britney Spears, and Spears is reportedly planning to sue photographer Dani Brubaker over leaked family photos.…
More on Victory's Virgin lawsuit
Victory Records has filed a new lawsuit in New York against EMI's Virgin US over alleged interference in its contract with Hawthorne Heights, after a dismissed Chicago case.…
Early Beatles live recordings to be released
Miami label Fuego Entertainment plans to release fifteen 1962 Beatles live recordings from Hamburg's Star Club, though Apple Corps is reviewing the claim.…