Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the Minnesota resident whose legal tussle with the RIAA has resulted in some hyperbolic news outlets throwing around Joan Of Arc comparisons (oy), has been found guilty of pirating music by a Federal jury and ordered to pay the Recording Industry Association of America $1.92 million–$80,000 for each one of the 24 not-very-good songs that the music-industry lobbying group wanted to nail her for stealing via KaZAA. (Fun fact: That amount of money could buy about 101,000 full-price CDs, before taxes.) In a cruel irony, the money she’ll have to pay is eight times the amount she would have had to shell out had she not decided to appeal the guilty verdict brought against her in October 2007. MORE »
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The Law
Court Orders Jammie Thomas To Pay The Music Industry Lot Of Money
Phil Spector Found Guilty
A Los Angeles jury has found famed record producer Phil Spector guilty in the 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson. Spector has been found guilty of second-degree murder by a jury of six men and six women, who began deliberations on March 26. MORE »
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“Blender,” R.I.P.
Alpha Media has shuttered its music magazine Blender, according to Ad Age. Ad pages for the musically omnivorous, list-happy mag had gone down some 57% between January and April of this year, one that’s proven rough going for glossies of all stripes. Blender editor Joe Levy—who came to the mag from Rolling Stone a little more than a year ago—will move over to Alpha’s lone remaining title, Maxim, where he’ll become editor. (Disclaimer: I wrote a few record reviews for Blender long ago.) UPDATE: Press release announcing the changes at Alpha—including Levy’s job-switch and the news that Blender.com will “continue as a digital destination”—after the jump. [Ad Age] MORE »
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Ticketmaster And Live Nation To Merge?????
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Ticketmaster and Live Nation are close to a merger that would bring the United States’ two largest concert-promotion/ticket-sales companies under one roof. Um, I guess the whole Phish tickets onsale was more of a disaster than previously thought! MORE »
videodrone
The Song Price Remains The Same
As discussed earlier, the Copyright Royalty Board… MORE »
videodrone
BREAKING: Kanye West Arrested At LAX
For “felony vandalism,” which is actually code for “shaking down a couple of annoying paparazzi who were bothering him while he was at Los Angeles International Airport.” (One of the paps was from TMZ, which has “helpfully” provided a chat room for its readers to react to this unfolding story. MORE »
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Breaking: R. Kelly Is Not Guilty
MSNBC has just reported that R. Kelly has been found not guilty on all of the 14 counts that were leveled against him in his child pornography trial. MORE »
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Nas Relents, Changes Album Title To “Nas”
For the second release in a row, Nas has been forced to abandon his dream of releasing a CD named N—–. Last time he caved to pressure, he was able to think up a different controversial gimmick, but instead of naming his upcoming album The Obama Of Rap or Anal Fixation, he’s gone with Nas, simply Nas. While there had been talk of further pressure from his label, it’s surprising that such a change would be pushed for well into the pre-release hype cycle. Maybe once his Def Jam contract ends, Nas can release digital downloads with all the controversial file names he can think of. MORE »
