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A Boston University student says he is disappointed he has been ordered to pay $675,000 for illegally downloading and sharing 30 copyright songs. The Boston Globe reported Saturday a U.S. District Court jury in Boston found graduate student Joel Tenenbaum did infringe on the copyrights of four record labels by illegally downloading and sharing songs on peer-to-peer networks. I'm disappointed but not surprised, Tenenbaum said. But I am thankful that it wasn't much bigger, that it wasn't...
A Minnesota mother of four is seeking either a third trial or drastically lowered court-ordered damages for illegally downloading copyright-protected music. Jammie Thomas-Rasset, 32, Brainerd, was ordered to pay $1.92 million in a U.S. District Court jury at the conclusion of her second trial last month. On Monday, she asked the award be lowered to $18,000 contending the jury award was "grossly excessive, the Star Tribune reported. Attorneys representing the recording industry sought an...
On Thursday, a 32-year-old woman was found guilty by a U.S jury of illegally downloading 24 songs over the Internet in a high-profile piracy case. She was also ordered to pay nearly two million dollars in damages. The single mother of four from Brainerd Minnesota, Jammie Thomas-Rasset, was found legally responsible for the willful infringement of music copyrights when using the peer-to-peer file sharing network Kazaa to download songs. Taking a mere five hours to reach its verdict, the jury...
Sony Corporation of America Announces Benefit Auction in Conjunction with Charity Folks and Sony Pictures Entertainment NEW YORK, June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Corporation of America, in partnership with charity auction site Charityfolks.com, is auctioning off an autographed Sony VAIO Notebook PC that appears in the upcoming Sony Pictures movie The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3. The computer has been signed by Denzel Washington, who stars in the film. The auction is being held exclusively on...
Sony Music Entertainment (SME) Joins Universal Music Group (UMG) to Make Professionally-Created Content Available from Broad Array of Musical Artists NEW YORK, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Music Entertainment (SME) has joined Universal Music Group (UMG) to create VEVO, the new premium music video and entertainment service conceived by UMG and powered by YouTube. The announcement was made today by Doug Morris, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of UMG, and Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, Chief...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Destiny Media Technologies (OTC Bulletin Board: DSNY) is pleased to announce that Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, has chosen Destiny's Play MPE(R) media distribution system to securely distribute pre-release tracks throughout Europe, Asia, South America and Africa. This new international agreement builds on UMG's successful transition to secure digital distribution of pre-release content to press...
Deal Builds On Long-term Partnership To Include All Services NEW YORK, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Music Entertainment and Razor & Tie Entertainment have expanded their exclusive distribution agreement to include full digital rights, it was announced today by Thomas Hesse, President, Global Digital Business, U.S. Sales, and Corporate Strategy, Sony Music Entertainment, and Craig Balsam and Cliff Chenfeld, Co-owners, Razor & Tie Entertainment. Sony Music has distributed Razor &...
A new bill being presented to Congress aims to allow more compensation for performers whose songs play on the radio.The bill is backed by the record industry during a transitional time when cd sales are falling and digital song sales aren't great enough to compensate.A coalition of artists and record labels are calling on Congress to pass the bill that would allow performers to receive payments each time their songs are played over the air. The bill could also reward artists with an estimated...
A federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that oral arguments in a music-downloading lawsuit filed by the recording industry against a Boston University student can't be streamed online, The Associated Press reported.The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that it was "bound to enforce" rules that close federal courtrooms in Massachusetts to webcasting and other forms of broadcast, after overturning the previous decision that allowed online streaming.The student, Joel Tenenbaum,...
New Agreement Focuses on Acquisition, Production and Distribution Rights for Theatrical Exhibition LAS VEGAS, April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- (ShoWest Booth #1905) Sony Electronics' Digital Cinema Solutions and Services Group is collaborating with Media Push Entertainment LLC to secure and develop music and entertainment content for digital cinema events in movie theaters, as well as for distribution across multiple platforms such as the Internet, television and others. Media Push is a...
