Canadian rocker stung by claims of plagiarism
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A lawsuit filed in California by an obscure 70s pop band alleges singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne stole one of their songs and reworked it into her bestselling single Girlfriend.
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Copyright infringement suit Former Ramones drummer Richard Reinhardt today filed suit in US federal court in Manhattan claiming that his music publisher never had the right to "authorize distribution or duplication of six songs he wrote between 1983 and 1987" which were subsequently made available through iTunes, Wal-Mart.com's music store and Real Networks Real Store and Rhapsody services.â¦
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A British classical pianist is exposed as a fake
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Former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl is not happy being called the late lead singer Kurt   Cobain's 'sideman'.
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A MAN WHO made money making rock music a long time ago has recorded a long playing record using a dual Opteron workstation. AMD said that Mark Knopfler,a hack
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Musician intends to win back control of his copyright on the Web.
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Newspaper is criticized for writing that recording industry wants to criminalize copying music to a computer. RIAA and even some of the group's biggest critics say Post got it wrong.
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A rock archive Web  site is fighting back against a copyright lawsuit brought by  some of music's most notable classic rock acts, dragging two  major record labels into the battle.
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AN ego-fuelled squabble between one of rock&#39;s elder statesmen and a flashy young pretender has broken out over a new recording to mark the 20th anniversary of the Band-Aid charity concert.
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Universal Music Group sued MySpace on Friday, accusing the popular social networking site of infringing on copyrighted works. Additionally, it also threatened to sue Bank of America earlier this week over a leaked internal video showing a parody of U2's "One."
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A former drummer from the 1980s punk band, The Ramones, sued Apple Inc, Wal-Mart Stores Inc, RealNetworks Inc and others for copyright infringement, claiming the companies lacked permission to sell downloads of six songs he authored.
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Music industry icon complains that the onus is on artists and rights' creators to police YouTube at their own expense.
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A revolutionary plan that would  effectively legitimize file-sharing here has been slammed as "a  pipe dream" by Canadian labels.
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Several US rock stars go to court to stop a website selling their recordings, posters and other memorabilia.
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Fuse, a cable channel devoted to music videos, comes across as unsure whether to defy the example of MTV or to imitate it.
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By SANDRA MURPHY IRISH record companies have fired the opening salvo in their legal battle with music fans who illegally share tracks on the internet.
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The 'digital fingerprint' technology that targets copyright violations doesn't work well with original footage like the band's widely-posted reunion concert.