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.…
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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.…
Taco Bell to fight Fiddy lawsuit
Taco Bell's lawyers say they will fight 50 Cent's trademark infringement lawsuit over a leaked proposal to rename him after a value menu price.…
Jackson will appear at Sheikh trial
Michael Jackson will testify in person at the High Court case brought by Sheikh Abdulla Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa, after medical reports were submitted and his doctors cleared him to attend.…
BBC Trust rejects local website plans
The BBC Trust has rejected plans for a network of local BBC news websites worth £68 million, after regional newspapers argued the proposals would unfairly compete with them.…
MP brings copyright extension up in Commons
Labour MP Ian Cawsey asked the government in the House of Commons to state its position on extending the copyright term on sound recordings, following a letter from PPL performer members to Gordon Brown.…
Collecting societies fail to suspend EU ruling
Five European collecting societies failed to get a suspension of the European Commission's ruling pending appeal, so the rules stay in place during the appeal process.…