Spitzer targets music industry in &#39;payola&#39; inquiry
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Eliot Spitzer, New York&#39;s combative attorney general who is already involved in a high-profile wrangle with the insurance industry, has now turned
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NU Online News Service, Dec. 7, 9:53 am EDTâTwo insurance carriers have announced that New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has subpoenaed them for information about professional liability insurance for law firms.
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The investigation of insurance industry practices launched by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer isn&#39;t just spreading to include more insurers, it has set off a frenzy of scrutiny nationwide, from California to Connecticut.
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A consumer group in the United Kingdom has requested that authorities investigate iTunes' pricing schedule.
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Companies caught up in New York state Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer&#39;s investigation into rigged bids and kickbacks in the insurance industry began firing and suspending
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Independent directors of Marsh & McLennan Cos. approached New York state Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer this week about settling the corruption charges Spitzer has brought against the giant insurance broker and financial services firm, according to sources close to the investigation.
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The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is to take legal action against people who download music illegally from the internet. The organisation has said it will target individuals who make music available
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After nearly three years of high-profile prosecutions of investment banks, mutual funds and insurance companies, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer of New York said yesterday that he
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The recording industry's trade group said Thursday it will give hundreds of college students suspected of illegally sharing music online a chance to reach settlements before being sued for copyright infringement.
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Marsh &amp; McLennan Cos. revealed what&#39;s at stake in the probe into its behavior by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, saying
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The U.S. Department of Justice has requested information from Sony BMG and Universal Music Group about their talks to launch an online music subscription service, said a record company executive on Thursday.
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A&#160;class-action suit filed against Apple&#160;alleges the company unfairly uses technological restrictions with its iPod line and iTunes Music Store to beat out competitors.The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, is the latest one to accuse Apple of unfair business practices. Apple is facing similar legal actions and scrutiny in the U.S. and Europe.The suit was filed Dec. 31 by Stacie Somers, a resident of San Diego County, California, who bought a 30GB iPod from Target, a retail store. Others who bought an iPod or content from Apple&#39;s iTunes store after Dec. 31, 2003, may join the suit.The suit calls for Apple to forfeit money it earned from the unfair practices and pay the plaintiffs damages.It alleges that Apple has constricted the market by not enabling iPods to play content in the Windows Media Audio (WMA) format, Microsoft&#39;s copy-protection technology. Further, Apple sells songs on the iTunes store with its own copy-protection technology, FairPlay, which is incompatible with music players other than the iPod.The suit contends iPod-owning consumers can only buy music from iTunes, an unlawful tie-in that violates U.S. antitrust laws. Apple could license the WMA format for as little as $0.03 per iPod, or for a total of $800,000 based on Apple&#39;s 2005 iPod sales, the suit reads.The suit may quickly become less relevant as many online music retailers, including Apple, expand their offerings of music free of copy-protection restrictions, also known as DRM (digital rights management).DRM-free tracks offer the advantage of being compatible on a wider range of devices. In May, Apple began selling songs from the label EMI without DRM. Also,&#160;Amazon.com now sells song in MP3 format, and Universal Music Group has tested selling DRM-free music.&#160;
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New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer&#39;s office now shits their attention to the music industry, particularly its practices for influencing what songs are heard on the public airwaves.
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EMI Group PLC, the world's third-largest music company, confirmed on Friday it faced a New York probe into how music companies influence what songs are played on the radio.
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Thursday's actions are the first shots in what Spitzer called an investigation of widespread corruption in the insurance industry.
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LOS ANGELES -- The music industry is continuing its campaign against people who illegally download music through file-sharing sites.
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The international record industry announced Thursday that it is planning to file lawsuits against individuals who are sharing files, especially music, over the Internet.