Bloggers beware. It seems we're the next target of copyright infringement.

The White Stripes claim the Air Force used one of their songs without permission.

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Men At Work were found guilty today for plagiarizing the flute riff from their mega-hit "Down Under." The riff was found to originate in the folk tune "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree" written by Marion Sinclair in 1935. Music company Larrikin is demanding between 40 and 60 percent of the all time earning from the tune.
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The OiNK admin has been found "not guilty" - think he'll open up a new website?

This past week has been pretty nuts for The Fold. Did you catch this thread? Well, the band kept the cameras rolling through the entire ordeal ... check the replies.

The Fold are being sued. Could it be because of "Every Band in the USA"?

Activision is counter suing No Doubt over the usage of the band's images in Band Hero.

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EMI, Warner Bros, Sony BMG and Universal are all being sued for piracy.

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Every wonder how major labels cook the books on digital downloads?

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BlueBeat, the site that attempted to sell Beatles songs for a quarter, lost their court battle in comically quick fashion.

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Gibson Guitars was raided by US police on claims of illegal wood usage.

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Politicians in three Australian states have called for new laws to force music promoters to disclose whether a concert will be live or lip-synced. Let's bring this to America.

This whole BlueBeat/Beatles thing is just weird.

A "secret" copyright treaty originally suppressed for "national security" reasons appears to have leaked onto the internet.

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"The internet chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a secret copyright treaty whose text Obama's administration refused to disclose due to "national security" concerns, has leaked. It's bad."

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Gwen Stefani and No Doubt are suing the makers of Band Hero for, among other things, allowing players to use Gwen's likeness when playing male-led songs.

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EMI is suing BlueBeat for selling The Beatles catalog without permission.

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Bus/Trailer combinations are now illegal in New York City.

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Activision is responding to queries regarding the usage of Kurt Cobain's likeness in Guitar Hero 5 with the following statement: "Guitar Hero secured the necessary licensing rights from the Cobain estate in a written agreement signed by Courtney Love to use Kurt Cobain's likeness as a fully playable character in Guitar Hero® 5." Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl, the two surviving members of Nirvana, have no say whatsoever in the usage of Kurt Cobain's...[read more]

Chris Brown has been sentenced to 5 years probation and 6 months community labor for assaulting Rihanna.

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Patrick Stump was arrested this morning on a traffic warrant for driving without a license.

A federal judge has sentenced the man who pleaded guilty to leaking part of the Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" to a year's probation.

Rapidshare has been fined $34M for copyright infringement.

My Chemical Romance drummer, Bob Bryar, is suing a dog trainer over the mysterious death of his beloved dog.

A Minnesota woman has been ordered by a federal jury to pay $1.92 million, or $80,000 a song, for downloading 24 songs on Kazaa.

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T.I. is set to report to prison today.

Jeff Tweedy of Wilco is being sued by former band member Jay Bennett over royalties from the I Am Trying To Break Your Heart documentary.

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Yusuf Islam (aka Cat Stevens) has accused Coldplay of plagiarism.

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Kelis has filed for divorce from Nas.

The four men behind Pirate Bay's torrent website have been found guilty and will spend a year behind bars.

Phil Spector has been found guilty of murder.