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Music publishers and songwriters said Tuesday they had joined the growing list of media companies suing file-sharing company Aimster for copyright infringement, saying that the service is trying to fill the void left by Napster. The lawsuit was filed last week in a Manhattan Federal Court by a group including legendary songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who penned “Jailhouse Rock” and music publishers Criterion Music, Famous Music, and The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization. “We are extremely disappointed that before the ink was even dry on Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ opinion concluding that Napster was engaging in massive copyright… Read more »

Internet media network Yahoo! Inc. said on Thursday it plans to buy Webcasting company Launch Media Inc. for $12 million in an effort to boost its own music properties, which have failed to gain traction over the last two years. Yahoo is betting that Launch, which designed a Web service that tailors Internet radio playlists to the tastes of individual users, would provide key features to complement its music services. Yahoo already offers music CD sales, downloads of digital music files and its own Webcasting efforts. The company plans to pay 92 cents a share, which represents a 59 percent… Read more »

Eminem’s mother may be indecisive regarding her defamation lawsuits against her son, but a Michigan judge didn’t have that problem last week. In a June 20 letter, according to lawyers for both parties, Macomb County Circuit Judge Mark Switalski denied a motion for reconsideration of a $25,000 settlement Debbie Mathers-Nelson accepted last month in the pair of lawsuits she filed in September 1999. She sought more than $10 million in punitive damages from her estranged son. Mathers-Nelson said in February she planned to drop the lawsuits, then accepted the settlement in May. She later said she was pressured to settle… Read more »

A man who police said was hit on the head by rap star Juvenile has filed a $5 million lawsuit against him, his attorney said. Jackson Saintagne of Miami filed a lawsuit in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court seeking damages for pain and suffering. His attorney, Andrew Boros, said his client has been hospitalized several times since the fight with the 26-year-old Juvenile, whose real name is Terius Gray. In March, the rapper was arrested and charged with aggravated battery with a bottle, battery on a law enforcement officer, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence, police said. Morton Fry, the… Read more »

In return, the RIAA withdrew its attempt to have the company removed from the standard Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP) rate-setting policy. In a move that ends a complicated series of lawsuits and counter-suits for embattled online music concern Listen.com, the company has withdrawn from a suit filed by Digital Media Association (DiMA) and a group of music sites. In doing so, Listen made a pact with the RIAA to remove some features from its service that record labels find objectionable. Two interactivity features, one that allow listeners to either skip a song entirely, and another that allows users to… Read more »

Rage Against the Machine Live!!! on www.regenerationtv.com will be giving away three free copies of the Battle of Mexico City DVD signed by Zack de la Rocha on Thursday, June 14 at 8PM (PST). The unofficial webcast of Rage’s entire performance at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles last August. That’s right the entire show with never before seen footage. You might also win a free Battle of Mexico City DVD signed by Zack de le Rocha but you have to watch to win. Go now to sign up and we will send you a reminder the day of… Read more »

Be eligible to WIN A FREE DVD Signed by Zack if you participate. Read Below for details. FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SHOW, Thursday, June 7th at 8pm PST On August 14, 2000 Rage Against the Machine held a free show for over 10,000 people gathered to protest the growing dominance of corporations over the people of the world. On Thursday June 7 @ 8 pm PDT ( 11pm Eastern) we’ll be streaming this concert for free. All you need is some bandwidth (cable, dsl, or better) and Windows Media Player installed on your computer. We’ll give you the plug-in… Read more »

Several major Webcasters including Launch Media Inc., MTVi Group, MusicMatch Inc., and Listen.com Friday struck back at the recording industry by filing a countersuit in a music licensing dispute they say threatens their livelihoods. The suit was filed in federal court in San Francisco in response to a lawsuit filed by the recording industry last week against music portal Launch Media for allegedly failing to seek proper licenses for its personalized Web radio service, the companies said. At issue is whether Webcasters that allow users to personalize their Internet radio services should be allowed to join the rest of the… Read more »

Columbia Records’ Crazy Town, Portrait/Columbia Records’ The Union Underground and American Recordings/Columbia Records’ American Head Charge have all signed on-board on what just might be the heaviest Ozzfest ever. Following a big British blow-out at the Milton Keynes Bowl in England on May 26, Ozzfest 2001 opens full-force stateside at the World Amphitheater in Chicago, Illinois. Launched by the heavy metal pioneer and visionary Ozzy Osbourne, the first Ozzfest, a multi-band festival held in 1996, hit only two markets-Los Angeles and Phoenix-but paved the way for a full-on touring extravaganza the next year. Since then, the Ozzfest has become a… Read more »

Producer J-Swift, a former member and producer of the group the Pharcyde, filed suit against Jive Records, Zomba Recording Corp., and Touchstone Pictures for their use of his original production on the #1 remix-single “Stutter” by R&B artist Joe. John Manuel Martinez, who works under the name J-Swift, was the producer of the Pharcyde’s #1 rap single “Passin’ Me By,” the song sampled in “Stutter.” “People were coming up to me congratulating me, asking how much I was getting paid. I went into the store to see if I had been credited, and saw everyone’s name listed but mine,” says… Read more »