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Frustrated by the continuing presence of free music on the Internet, the recording industry asked for Congress’ blessing on Thursday to gum up the online networks they blame for slowing their sales. Congress is considering expanded legal protection for record labels who resort to sabotage in their ongoing battle with “peer to peer” networks that allow users to freely trade music, movies and other copyrighted material. The recording industry offered a glimpse into its tactics, which include blocking transfers and flooding the network with dummy songs, and promised a House of Representatives subcommittee that they would not disrupt the Internet… Read more »

Marilyn Manson and the mother of a woman who died in a car crash following a party at his home last April are beginning to face off, as Manson is now considering a countersuit to the wrongful death suit she filed last week. Maria St. John accuses Manson (born Brian Warner) of providing her daughter, Jennifer Syme, with cocaine and instructing her to drive while under the influence. Manson addressed the lawsuit last week in a statement expressing sorrow for Syme’s death while claiming she had been given a designated driver. This week he issued another statement, calling the accusations… Read more »

Douglas Adams, the cult author who wrote “The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” has died suddenly at the age of 49. Adams died of a heart attack on Friday at his home in Santa Barbara, California, his personal assistant Sophie Astin said. “It was a very sudden and unexpected death,” Astin told Reuters. Adams’ science fiction saga, about a group of galactic travelers who survive the demolition of earth to build a space by-pass, began life as a 1978 BBC Radio series. It was turned into best-selling novels, a TV series, record album, computer game and adapted for stage.… Read more »