Baidu win latest label lawsuit
Chinese search engine Baidu.com has won the latest stage of its legal fight with record labels over MP3 search links, overturning an earlier EMI ruling.…
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Universal sue MySpace
Universal Music Group has sued MySpace and its parent News Corp, claiming the site enables copyright infringement, which MySpace calls unnecessary and meritless.…
Branson makes official complaint over Sky's ITV share purchase
Richard Branson has asked the Office Of Fair Trading to intervene after BSkyB bought a 17.9% stake in ITV, which he says is designed to block NTL's merger.…
BPI welcome guilty verdicts for English counterfeiters
The BPI has welcomed guilty verdicts against three County Durham counterfeiters, and a seizure of 200,000 pirated Bollywood CDs and DVDs in West London.…
The Game is not an undercover cop, shocker
The Game, real name Jayceon Taylor, has been arrested in New York for allegedly posing as an undercover police officer, a charge his lawyer disputes.…
Buena Vista song rights case closes
A six-year London court battle between Peer International and Cuba's Editora Musical de Cuba over Buena Vista-era song rights has ended with a ruling that Peer may still own some songs.…
Bono gets his hat back
U2 have won their appeal against former stylist Lola Cashman, who must return items including Bono's Stetson hat, which she claimed Bono gave her in 1987.…
OfCom plan to further cut radio ownership rules
Media regulator OfCom is considering further deregulating radio ownership rules so commercial stations can compete with the BBC; RadioCentre's Lisa Kerr welcomed the move.…
Carey sues over cancelled Hong Kong gig
Mariah Carey is suing Hong Kong promoter ONE Group over a cancelled 28 October show, while the promoter says Handprint Entertainment's last-minute demands forced the cancellation.…
Whiter Shade case opens in court
Former Procol Harum keyboardist Matthew Fisher has played the organ melody of 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' in court, claiming he wrote it and is owed royalties; Gary Brooker disputes this.…
IMPALA announce consultation on Universal BMG merger
IMPALA is consulting its members on Universal Music's proposed takeover of BMG Music Publishing, which it argues would breach competition rules and will feed into the European Commission investigation.…
Indian officials raid another mass piracy plant
The Indian Music Industry has raided a New Delhi plant, seizing over 90,000 counterfeit CDs worth around £2.3 million and arresting the owner, its second Delhi plant raid this year.…