AP - EU regulators ordered music copyright groups on Wednesday to end a system that makes it difficult for online music stores to buy EU-wide licenses — knocking down a major obstacle to iTunes' rollout across Europe. -- read full article
AP - Jon Bon Jovi's next stop on the road has nothing to do with his band's tour. Fresh off a free concert in Central Park, Bon Jovi is taking a break.
Reuters - Veteran acts such as Cliff Richard and
the Beatles would earn royalties for years to come under a
European Union scheme which puts performers on a more equal
copyright footing with composers.
Reuters - One of Jimi Hendrix's favorite guitars,
set alight on a London stage more than 40 years ago and thought
to have been lost forever, is to be auctioned later this year. -- read full article
AP - Barenaked Ladies singer and guitarist Steven Page faces a cocaine possession charge after his arrest while visiting two woman at their suburban Syracuse apartment.
Reuters - Britney Spears is working on a new
album, her label said on Wednesday, as the U.S. pop star seeks
to rebound from a period of troubling behavior and hospital
stints for psychiatric evaluations.
AP - Lou Pearlman and federal authorities have finally agreed on how much the former boy band promoter swindled from banks and investors in a decades-long scam: a staggering $300 million.
