DMX released from prison
Earl Simmons, aka DMX, has been released from prison in Arizona after serving over 90 days, and is set to appear on VH1's 'Celebrity Rehab' and plans a Christian TV show.…
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Lib Dems condemn Licensing Act
Liberal Democrat culture spokesperson Lord Clement-Jones has called the 2003 Licensing Act a total disaster, welcoming a Culture, Media And Sport Committee report on it.…
Small broadcasters score as US Performance Royalties Act progresses
The US House Judiciary Committee has voted to send the Performance Royalties Act to a full House vote, after an amendment reducing fees for smaller radio companies was passed.…
French Senate pass three-strikes for the second time
The French Senate has passed the Creation And Internet legislation, including a three-strikes provision, with only the Constitutional Council left to approve it, drawing IFPI support.…
Select Committee says axe 696
Parliament's Culture Select Committee has recommended scrapping the Metropolitan Police's form 696, and backed exemptions for small venues and acoustic performers.…
Pirate Bay plan to bankrupt lawyers with fine payment
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm is calling on supporters to pay the group's £2.5m fine in tiny 1-krona transactions, hoping bank fees will hurt the lawyers who represented the music industry.…
Content industries push for three-strikes in the UK
Content industry trade bodies are urging government to force ISPs to adopt a graduated response system that could ultimately disconnect persistent online infringers.…
ISP trade body says "you're all insane"
The Internet Service Provider Association rejects calls for disconnection of infringing users and argues that licensing reform is needed before enforcement legislation.…
CMU says: The ISPs' arguments aren't strong, but they don't need to be
CMU argues that ISPs' claims that content companies hinder legal services are weak, yet the music business still needs to improve digital licensing and tackle file-sharing.…
French Assembly pass three-strikes
The French Assembly has passed the 'Creation & Internet' law, making three-strikes policy, with the Senate set to vote on the proposals again.…
Boy George happy to be out of klink shocker
Boy George says he is happy to be out of prison and that his time inside went fine, after serving four months of a fifteen-month sentence for assault and false imprisonment.…
TI sorry about guns and violence
Rapper TI has apologised for his past involvement in gun violence while hosting an anti-gun rally in Harlem with Al Sharpton and Kevin Liles, ahead of a prison sentence for weapons charges.…