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For years recording artists and the executives who promote their work have had a love-hate relationship. Executives at recording companies, which make billions of dollars a year distributing music on compact discs and in other formats, say their business is risky and they should be compensated for taking chances on young talent. Recording artists, for their part, have long grumbled that companies are too controlling, lining their pockets by exploiting musicians unschooled in business. Now, while the debate in the music industry has focused on how recording companies should deal with the public online, the controversy has also reheated long-simmering… Read more »

The Kentwood, Louisiana, pop princess wrapped a week of shooting on Monday (March 19) in nearby Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Hammond, according to the Louisiana Film and Video Commission. The film, titled “What Are Friends For,” according to the Commission, stars Spears as a model student who reunites with two former friends on a cross-country road trip. Along the way, they meet a would-be musician who persuades them to go to Los Angeles to compete in a musical contest. Tamra Davis (“Billy Madison,” “Half Baked”) is directing the movie, which has a $10 million budget, relatively low by industry… Read more »

More than 1 million music files were to have been blocked from being traded on Napster during the weekend in an attempt to persuade a judge to keep the controversial file-swapping service in business. On Sunday, Napster had yet to block the files in question. A spokesman said Napster still was working on the technology and expected the filtering process to be in place by Sunday night. Napster’s decision to implement new screening technologies to filter out the files was the biggest surprise at a hearing Friday in a packed San Francisco courtroom. Attorneys for Napster and the Recording Industry… Read more »

A mediator appointed by the judge in the Napster case has been negotiating a deal to allow the popular online music-swapping service to survive without violating copyright laws, according to a published report. An appeals court last Monday upheld a July 2000 ruling by U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, who found Napster guilty of copyright infringement. Patel appointed former federal judge Eugene Lynch as a mediator between Napster and major record companies, the article in the February 26 issue of Newsweek magazine said. Napster declined to comment Sunday, citing legal constraints. Lynch has already held one negotiating session in… Read more »