News tagged with songwriters

YouTube blocks premium music videos in Britain

YouTube on Monday said it is blocking certain copyrighted music videos in Britain until it overcomes an impasse in a licensing deal with the Performing Rights Society for Music (PRS).

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created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

US prosecutors file for extradition of Kim Dotcom

(AP) -- Federal prosecutors in the United States have filed papers in New Zealand seeking the extradition of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and three of his colleagues, whom they accuse of making a fortune by helping Internet ...

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created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bail rules prevent Kim Dotcom from using Internet

(AP) -- Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom made his fortune and even took his name from the Internet, but now he's barred from logging on.

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created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

YouTube buys US-based music rights company

YouTube said Friday it has acquired RightsFlow, a New York-based company which manages music rights for songwriters, recording artists, record labels and online music services.

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created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Singers tell Congress: Money (That's What I Want)

Jack Ely, the singer whose 1963 version of "Louie Louie" still makes the rounds on oldies radio, lives with his wife in a mobile home on a horse ranch in Oregon. Ely says they share $30,000 a year from her teacher's pension ...

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created May 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Kim Dotcom says he'll beat 'political' piracy case

(AP) -- In his first interviews since his January arrest in New Zealand, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom says he will prevail in what he calls a "political" Internet piracy case against him.

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created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0