Coolio pleads guilty to possession
Coolio has pleaded guilty to cocaine possession after an airport arrest and will attend an 18 month drug rehabilitation programme to avoid three years in prison.…
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Girls Aloud murder blogger acquitted
Former civil servant Darryn Walker has been found not guilty of publishing an obscene article after a blog post imagining the kidnap and murder of Girls Aloud.…
Ten years on from Napster, the BPI boss on P2P then and now
BPI boss Geoff Taylor says the labels should have engaged with Napster sooner, but argues that licensing and DRM hurdles in 1999 made a deal very difficult.…
Pirate Bay bias claims knocked back by appeals court
Sweden's Court Of Appeal has ruled that judge Tomas Norstrom was not biased in the Pirate Bay trial, though it said he should have disclosed his IP group memberships earlier.…
Robbie quizzed over pap robbery
Robbie Williams has been questioned by Bahamas police after two photographers had their equipment stolen at gunpoint following an argument with members of his entourage, and three men have been arrested.…
Former manager sues over Waits biography
Tom Waits' former manager Herb Cohen is suing biographer Barney Hoskyns and publisher Random House for $1 million over claims of criminality in 'Lowside Of The Road'.…
French government draft alternative three-strike proposal
French ministers have drafted a fast-track judicial process for internet disconnections under the three-strike system after the Constitutional Council struck down the original proposal.…
Dutch anti-piracy group tweet Pirate Bay litigation
Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has served court summonses on The Pirate Bay's founders via Twitter and Facebook, ordering the site to close in the Netherlands.…
Perez apologises for language, gets legal
Perez Hilton has apologised for using a homophobic slur during a row with Will.i.am, and his lawyer has issued a statement retracting accusations against him.…
Lil Wayne in court over possession charges
Lil Wayne has attended a pre-trial hearing over drug and handgun possession charges arising from a January 2008 Arizona checkpoint stop, with his lawyer questioning the reliability of the sniffer dog.…
Man sentenced over killing of TI's assistant
Pardon Thomas has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for his role in the 2006 shooting of TI's assistant Philant Johnson.…
Beyonce's people hit out at New York club's claims
Beyoncé's management says she was never booked to sing at New York's M2 club, after its boss threatened to sue over her last-minute withdrawal.…