AIM join the three-strikes debate
The Association Of Independent Music has backed the government's proposals for a graduated response to file-sharing, including suspending broadband accounts as a last resort.…
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More Lily stuff: Quitting music, nicking content, engaging fans
Lily Allen has denied she is quitting music after suggesting she would not make another record, and Techdirt has criticised her for copying one of its articles without credit.…
Eminem sues Apple over downloads
Eminem's publishing companies Eight Mile Style and Martin Affiliated are suing Apple and Aftermath over the sale of his tracks on iTunes, claiming Aftermath lacked the right to license them.…
Elton and others join P2P crackdown debate
Elton John has written to a newspaper backing action against illegal downloading, joining Lily Allen and others in the debate over the government's proposals to suspend persistent file-sharers' connections.…
FAC respond to Lily
The Featured Artists' Coalition has clarified that it does not condone illicit file-sharing, responding to Lily Allen's criticism of its stance.…
Live sector support some action on file-sharing
A group of concert promoters has backed the government's proposed graduated response to file-sharing, arguing that recorded music revenue matters for the live industry.…
The Governor sues Interscope over Tupac remix
Rapper Joseph 'The Governor' Flowers is suing Interscope over a 2004 Tupac track he says reworks his 1990 recording without permission, seeking an injunction.…
Coldplay face new rip off claim
Singer-songwriter Andy J Gallagher claims Coldplay's 'Strawberry Swing' video is very similar to his own video for 'Something Else' made a year earlier.…
MPA/Blunt support government's three-strikes moves
The Music Publishers Association has backed the government's graduated response plans against file-sharers, while James Blunt has also written in support in The Times.…
Guitar Hero defends Cobain game
Guitar Hero CEO Dan Rosensweig says Courtney Love signed a contract over Kurt Cobain's inclusion and has cashed the cheque, while Jon Bon Jovi sympathises with Grohl and Novoselic.…
IMPALA members input on French net creativity debate
Naïve's Patrick Zelnik led an IMPALA AGM brainstorm on internet issues, as part of his French government brief linked to the Creation & Internet law.…
More three-strikes talk? Yes. Blame Lily
Lily Allen has responded on her MySpace blog to comments on her earlier post opposing the government's file-sharing measures, arguing that piracy is damaging creative industry jobs.…