Rapper accused of copyright infringement
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Birdman faces a federal lawsuit that accuses him of sampling other artists' songs without paying licensing fees.
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It's game over for The Game. The rapper was sentenced Monday to 60 days in jail after pleading no contest to felony possession of a firearm in a school zone. Two other counts were dismissed under a plea agreement, the district attorney's office said.
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Federal authorities have charged a Chicago man with copyright violations for allegedly uploading several episodes of Fox's "24" on the Internet before the show's season premiere earlier this year.
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Rap star 50 Cent is in trouble with police after being stopped for alleged unsafe driving in New York.
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Recording companies filed copyright infringement lawsuits against 754 computer users Thursday, the latest round of legal action in the industry's effort to squelch unauthorized swapping of music online.
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Jadakiss, the rapper who wrote controversial lyrics about President Bush and the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on New York City, has been indicted on gun and drug charges.
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THE firm behind leading file-swapping network Kazaa is being sued by the record industry in the latest round of a fight over copyright.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. Police are accusing rap artist Young Buck of stabbing the man who punched hip-hop legend Dr. Dre at the Vibe awards.
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THE US recording industry has filed copyright infringement lawsuits against 761 computer users in the latest round of its effort to stamp out unauthorised trading of music online.
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LOS ANGELES -- The recording industry filed copyright infringement lawsuits against 761 computer users in the latest round of litigation in the record companies&#39; effort to stamp out unauthorized trading of music online.
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TAMPA, Florida  - Evel Knievel and rapper Kanye West have agreed to mediate a copyright lawsuit the motorcycle daredevil filed over a music video West made last year.
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The recording industry has filed copyright infringement lawsuits against 761 computer users, the latest round of litigation in the record companies' effort to stamp out unauthorized trading of music online.
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The head of the hip-hop music label  behind top-selling artists Ashanti and Ja Rule was charged on  Wednesday with laundering more than $1 million from a drug  operation through his record company, The Inc.
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The author and two associates are accused of violating copyright laws.
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Hip hop artists Lil Wayne and Ja Rule were arrested Sunday evening after a concert in Manhattan on charges of criminal possession of weapons, each in separate incidents, a New York Police Department spokesman told CNN.
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Rapper The Game appeared in a New York  court on Thursday, charged with impersonating a police officer  but a judge ruled that those charges would be dismissed in six  months if he stays out of trouble.
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Veteran daredevil Evel Knievel is  suing rapper Kanye West for trademark infringement over a music  video that depicts the Grammy-winning recording star as "Evel  Kanyevel" trying to jump a canyon on a rocket vehicle.