U.S. Court Upholds Beastie Boys' Musical Sampling
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A U.S. appeals court has handed a victory to pioneering punk-rap group the Beastie Boys in a dispute over the growing musical practice of sampling, in which recording artists incorporate snippets of other songs into their own work.
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A federal jury ruled Thursday that the White Stripes don&#039;t have to share royalties with a producer who worked on the rock band&#039;s first two albums and claimed he played a pivotal role in creating its signature sound.
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A U.S. appeals court has rejected a tactic used by the music industry to identify alleged file-swappers in order to sue them, marking the second time a federal court has struck down subpoenas that seek names of Internet service provider (ISP) subscribers.
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A federal judge dismissed charges against a New York record store owner on Friday who had been selling unauthorized recordings of concerts, saying a law against boot-legging was unconstitutional.
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SAN FRANCISCO - A bitterly divided federal appeals court reversed itself Wednesday and upheld the constitutionality of a 4-year-old law requiring federal parolees to give blood samples for the FBI&#39;s DNA database - a law the same court declared an ...
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The US Supreme Court backs an earlier court ruling that cigarette firms cannot be sued over low tar cigarettes.
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A federal court judge  has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit against The Walt  Disney Co. concerning its movie "Sweet Home Alabama"
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Last night at the MTV Europe Music Awards it was Americans who were honoured, not Europeans. Outkast were the biggest hit of the night scooping 3 awards at the ceremony in Rome including âBest Groupâ, âBest
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday  declined to examine a lower-court ruling that forces  music-industry investigators to file a lawsuit to uncover the  identities of people who may be copying their songs online.
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The British music industry won an important High Court decision Thursday that would force Internet service providers to hand over the identity of Britons accused of using the Internet to swap free songs.
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A Florida appeals court Wednesday upheld a judge's ruling that allowed Anna Nicole Smith to be buried in the Bahamas, agreeing evidence supports that's what the former Playboy Playmate wanted.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to examine a lower-court ruling that forces music-industry investigators to file a lawsuit to uncover the identities of people who may be copying their songs online.
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A US court has upheld the legitimacy of peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing application Morpheus, finding against 28 of the world&#39;s largest entertainment companies which had alleged that the P2P firm&#39;s software violates copyright law.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - A surprising new court ruling could  have a profound impact on the use of samples in hip-hop and  other recordings.
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A federal appeals court has ruled that two peer-to-peer online music-sharing networks, Grokster and StreamCast, are not liable for the illegal swapping of copyrighted music and other entertainment files on their networks.
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The Beastie Boys will play a handful  of dates this summer, alternating between more traditional  hip-hop shows and an instrumental set along the lines of the  trio&#39;s upcoming album, &quot;The Mix-Up.&quot;
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A second U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday that the recording industry can't force Internet providers to identify music downloaders under a disputed copyright law.