Gym Class Heroes singer charged with assault
Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy has been charged with third-degree assault after allegedly punching an audience member at a Vans Warped Tour show in Missouri.…
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Lots of comment as P2P warning letters start to arrive
Virgin Media has sent 800 file-sharing warning letters under its BPI partnership, drawing criticism from users and the Open Rights Group.…
DMX arrested again
DMX, real name Earl Simmons, has been arrested in Arizona on two outstanding warrants after arriving on a flight, days after a previous arrest in Florida.…
Radio 1 and 2 should be digital only, commercial radio man says
RadioCentre's Andrew Harrison has urged the BBC to make Radio 1 and Radio 2 digital only, while Radio 2 boss Lesley Douglas disagrees.…
Songwriters to express concerns about EC proposals for more collecting society competition
Songwriters will travel to Brussels to voice concerns over rumoured European Commission plans to push collecting societies into a price-based competition.…
Taiwan launch IP court
Taiwan has launched its first Intellectual Property Court, modelled on US, Japanese and German institutions, to tackle rampant copyright crime.…
Xfm returns to South Wales
OfCom has allowed GCap to carry the London version of Xfm on digital radio in Cardiff and Newport, though without the Welsh programmes.…
Kangaroo referred to Competition Commission
The Office of Fair Trading has referred the Kangaroo TV-on-demand platform, a joint venture of BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV, to the Competition Commission over competition concerns.…
EMI sue video sharing service
EMI has sued social networking site Hi5 and video service VideoEgg, alleging copyright infringement over users uploading EMI artists' videos, with VideoEgg saying it removes unlicensed content quickly.…
J Lo called to testify in Diddy shooting case
Jennifer Lopez has been subpoenaed to testify in a civil lawsuit against Sean Combs over a 1999 New York club shooting, as she was dating Combs at the time.…
Prince sues over unofficial covers album
Prince is suing Norwegian company C&C Records over an unlicensed box set of 81 cover versions released to mark his fiftieth birthday, demanding remaining physical copies be destroyed.…
BPI confirm BT sending out warning letters to illegal file sharers
The BPI has confirmed BT is sending warning letters to suspected file sharers, following Virgin Media, with Geoff Taylor saying partnerships with ISPs are the BPI's top priority.…