Reuters - Canadians will be allowed to copy legally acquired music to their iPods and computers but would be banned from getting around any digital locks that companies might apply, under new legislation introduced in Parliament on Thursday.

AP - "I don't want to play anything down, but I'm the least racist person going." — Amy Winehouse, denying that her singing of a slur-filled ditty made her a racist.

E! Online - Indestructible had to live up to its name this week.

E! Online - Look who's expressing himself.

Reuters - British singer and former Wham! frontman George Michael announced what his spokeswoman called his last ever big-venue gigs on Wednesday.

E! Online - Boy George doesn't want to hurt anyone. He just wants to entertain.

AP - When the tens of thousands of music-crazy fans gather in the Tennessee countryside this weekend for Bonnaroo, they'll be part of not just one of the summer's biggest music festival, but a nationwide revival.

AP - The mystery is solved: Madonna's brother, Christopher Ciccone, is writing a memoir about his sister, to be released in mid-July by Simon & Schuster with a first printing of 350,000, the publisher told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Reuters - Maroon 5's 2007 album, "It Won't Be Soon Before Long," will be reissued in expanded form July 8.

Reuters - Carrie Underwood has extended her maiden headlining tour, dubbed Carnival Ride, through mid-December.

AP - The excessive leaks and bootlegging of Lil Wayne's new album haven't prevented it from being a hot seller: The rapper's "Tha Carter III" sold 423,000 copies in its first day of release, according to Billboard magazine, citing figures from Nielsen SoundScan.

E! Online - One hundred acts on 700 acres can mean only one thing.

AP - Boy George is returning some good karma to New York City's sanitation workers: Two years after sweeping the city streets as part of community service, he has decided to perform a free concert for his former co-workers.

AP - Alison Krauss and Robert Plant were nominated Wednesday night for top album, No. 1 song and best duo in the seventh annual Americana Honors and Awards.