2009: Year In Review
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Lemonheads Sue GM
The frontman for the band The Lemonheads, Evan Dando, is sueing GM and their ad agency Asche & Spencer Music, Inc. Dando claims GM violated his copyrights by using the song “It’s a Shame About Ray” in a 2008 advertising campaign.
“The Lemonheads are an American alternative rock band, formed in 1986 by singer/guitarist Evan [...]
The RIAA: A Wolf In Wolf’s Clothing
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) claims to have the artists / musicians best interest at heart. However, over the years they have proved that this is not the case.
The RIAA has launched countless lawsuits against almost anybody and their grandmother… literally:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union and Public Citizen oppose [...]
Witness Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel has been a long time supporter of witness.org. The Witness program is about human rights. One of their main thrusts has been to empower people that witness human rights violations. A primary means to this end is to provide individuals with cameras so that they can document injustices.
For instance, one [...]
Coldplay Left In The Cold?
by RomBox.com
If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is there to hear it, did it make a sound?
This old teaser of a question comes to mind with the allegations of plagiarism against Coldplay. Before they became a number one selling artist, would anyone accuse them of stealing a song? Now, [...]
Iggy & The Stooges on the Death of Ron Asheton
Ronald Frank Asheton July 17, 1948 – January 6, 2009
We are shocked and shaken by the news of Ron’s death. He was a great friend, brother, musician, trooper. Irreplaceable. He will be missed.
For all that knew him behind the façade of Mr Cool & Quirky, he was a kind-hearted, genuine, warm person who always believed [...]
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Ticketmaster Settles Springsteen Probe
New Jersey — Ticketmaster has agreed to change its business practices after a suit was filed by the New Jersey Attorney General.
Springsteen had said, “We were informed that Ticketmaster was redirecting your log-in requests for tickets at face value, to their secondary site TicketsNow, which specializes in up-selling tickets at above face value. They did [...]
Oscars Best Soundtrack
Slumdog Composer A.R. Rahman Takes Home 2 Oscars
A.R. Rahman is from India. Only twice before has an Indian won an Oscar. Rahman won two in one night for best original soundtrack and best original song. Both are from the movie “Slumdog Millionaire.”
“I was excited and terrified,” he said. “The last time [...]
Can’t Beat The Beatles
A new addition of the video game Rock Band will feature the music of the Beatles. This is interesting in several ways. First of all, that the Beatles could get everyone to agree to the legal issues is amazing. Did Yoko Ono, Apple Records, Sony and Michael Jackson all have to agree? [...]
Pioneer Electronics to Cut 10,000 Jobs
The Japanese electronics maker is facing an annual loss of $1.4 billion. After cutting 5,900 jobs last year, they plan to cut an additional 10,000 jobs.
Once a leader in the making of flat screen TVs, they announced their decision to pull out of that market.
“Since the US financial crisis and ensuing global downturn, [...]