Zubican, a new business search site, recently launched, and has announced investors including Athenaeum Capital, Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels, along with founders and executives of JAMDAT Mobile, mp3.com, NTI Group, Overture Services Rent.com, Tickets.com and Vivendi (EPA: VIV) Universal Net USA. The LA-based startup bears similarity to Hoovers or [...]

The news that The Rolling Stones have ditched EMI for rival Universal Music is being painted in the press as the latest blow to EMI since it was taken over by a private equity firm. It's already lost Radiohead and Paul McCartney, and other artists like Coldplay have complained about [...]

With the UK heading down the slippery slope of making ISPs into copyright cops, the folks over at TorrentFreak are pointing out what might be the most troublesome part: the decision as to who deserves a threat letter comes from the recording industry. Yes, BPI (the UK version of the [...]

Despite suing the wrong person multiple times, the RIAA has always pushed back when asked to pay for the legal fees of those wrongfully sued. Tanya Andersen has fought back pretty hard on that claim (and then sued the RIAA separately on other charges as well). Despite multiple tries, the [...]

Peter Shapiro Executive Producer Green Apple Festival New York, New York The Connector PETER SHAPIRO, 35, who produced the movie U23D, organized the largest Earth Day event in the United States, this year's Green Apple Festival, which spanned eight cities including Washington, D.C. (pictured).[...]

A new defense to a Recording Industry Association of America lawsuit emerged on Monday. The new tactic: Admit guilt and challenge the constitutionality of the Copyright Act. The fines range from $750 to $150,000 per violation for each song. The lawsuit claims the act's fines are excessive.[...]