Artists send video message to PM over copyright term
Session musicians have sent a video message to Gordon Brown urging an extension of the recording copyright term from 50 to 95 years, backed by PPL.…
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Liberty support sacked TalkSport presenter
Human rights group Liberty has backed Jon Gaunt after TalkSport sacked him for calling a councillor a "nazi", arguing his right to free expression is engaged.…
Fielder Civil loses appeal
Blake Fielder-Civil has lost his appeal against his conviction for assault and attempting to pervert the course of justice at London's Court of Appeal.…
Richey Manic declared dead
Former Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards has been legally declared dead after nearly fourteen years missing, with his family given control of his estate.…
Travis Barker sues over plane crash
Travis Barker is suing the owners of the Lear Jet that crashed in South Carolina, alleging the pilots were at fault and the aircraft was not airworthy, with Thelma Martin Still joining the suit.…
TI testifies in murder case
Rapper TI testified at the trial of Hosea Thomas, accused of murdering TI's friend Philant Johnson in a 2006 shooting on Interstate 75 in Ohio.…
Boy George in court this week
Boy George is due to face trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court on charges of assaulting and falsely imprisoning a male escort at his Shoreditch flat, which he denies.…
FCC go to Supreme Court over Nipplegate
The US Federal Communications Commission will take its Nipplegate fine against CBS to the Supreme Court, arguing that a US appeals court wrongly applied verbal indecency rules to the 2004 Super Bowl incident.…
Jackson settles Sheikh case out of court
Michael Jackson has reached an in-principle out-of-court settlement with Sheikh Abdulla Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa, so Jackson will not need to testify in London's High Court.…
EMI chief supports ISP file sharing action
EMI Music CEO Elio Leoni-Sceti has backed ISP action against illegal file sharing and the UK government's OfCom-led process for new codes of practice.…
McCain to fight Jackson Browne lawsuit with fair use exemptions
Lawyers for John McCain's campaign say they will defend Jackson Browne's lawsuit over the use of 'Running On Empty' in an advert under US fair use exemptions and file an anti-SLAPP motion.…
Kraftwerk sampling case to be reconsidered
Germany's highest civil court has ruled that sampling musical notes does not in principle violate copyright, meaning the Hamburg court must reconsider Kraftwerk's case against Moses Pelham.…