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Opening arguments set to begin in R. Kelly trial
By Michael Tarm AP Writer

05-20-07 CHICAGO (AP) -- If prosecutors can prove a videotape features R. Kelly and an underage girl, the R&B superstar's child pornography trial could end with him receiving a lengthy prison sentence. Full story

Judge rejects new trial in Jackson taping case
05-20-08 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A judge on Monday denied a new trial for a Santa Monica-based air charter service that was ordered to pay $20.25 million for secretly videotaping Michael Jackson and his lawyers as they flew to the pop star's surrender on molestation charges in 2003. Full story

1,000 more jobs to be cut at EMI
By Ben Harrington
05-14-08 EMI'S owner, Guy Hands, is planning to axe up to 1,000 more jobs at the music company. Full story

Sony has 4Q profit, but expects decline this year
By Yuri Kageyama AP Business Writer
05-14-08 TOKYO (AP) -- Sony punctuated its recovery by swinging to a profit for the January-March quarter from a loss a year ago on its way to a record performance for the fiscal year as it reduced losses from its PlayStation 3 video game business. Full story

Warner Music Group climbs as price target raised
05-13-08 New York (AP) - Warner Music Group Corp.'s stock climbed Tuesday after a Goldman Sachs analyst boosted her price target, citing market share growth and industry stabilization. Full story

'Honeyboy' Edwards, Delta bluesman, outlasts them all
By Chris Talbott AP Writer
05-11-08 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- With his 93rd birthday a month away, David "Honeyboy" Edwards admits it's getting hard to walk long distances. Full story

TV viewership still down in wake of 100-day writers strike
By David Bauder AP Television Writer
05-11-08 NEW YORK (AP) -- Television heads into its biggest week with the hangover from a 100-day writers strike persisting. Full story

'Speed Racer' gets passed in its debut
By Ryan Nakashima AP Business Writer
05-11-08 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "Speed Racer" was lapped in its opening weekend at the box office as "Iron Man" continued to fire its jets with $50.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Full story

Grand Theft Auto IV video game tops $500M in 1st-week sales
05-07-08 NEW YORK (AP) -- Video-game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. said Wednesday that sales of its popular and eagerly anticipated title "Grand Theft Auto IV" reached more than $500 million in its first week of availability. Full story

Qtrax Inks Deal With Universal for Legal P2P Music
By Eliot Van Buskirk
05-06-08 Qtrax, the ambitious free P2P service that took a PR beating in January when it mistakenly announced it had major-label deals in place, seems to be back on track. Full story

R. Kelly pornography trial set to begin in Chicago
By Michael Tarm AP Writer
05-07-08 CHICAGO (AP) -- It seemed for a while as if R. Kelly's day in court might never come. Full story

"Grand Theft Auto" simplifies song purchasing
By Antony Bruno

05-05-08 DENVER (Reuters/Billboard) - The emerging effort to use videogames as a channel for selling music is entering its next phase with the recent release of "Grand Theft Auto IV." Full story

An Alternative Approach to Marketing Rock Bands
By Robert Levine

05-05-08 On Dec. 11, the Web site for the band Panic at the Disco turned completely white, with no explanation. Before long, curious fans noticed that the source code for the page contained a clue that hinted at the release of the band’s new album, “Pretty. Odd.” Full story

Marvel turns `Iron Man' into gold with $100M-plus debut
By David Germain AP Movie Writer

05-05-08 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "Iron Man" was pure gold at the box office. The Marvel Comics adaptation, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the guy in the metal suit, hauled in $100.7 million during its opening weekend and $104.2 million since debuting Thursday night, the second-best premiere ever for a nonsequel, according to studio estimates Sunday. Full story

Radiohead takes on sweatshops, human trafficking
By Mike Collett-White

04-30-08 MAIDENHEAD (Reuters) - British rock band Radiohead has lent one of its songs to an MTV campaign to raise awareness about sweatshop labor and human trafficking. Full story

Labels mull release strategies in age of piracy
By Antony Bruno
04-29-08 DENVER (Reuters/Billboard) - It used to be so easy. When the entertainment industry had control over its distribution, back before piracy set in, there was this notion of a "release window." Full story

'CSI' co-star Gary Dourdan arrested for drugs
By DerrikJ. Lang AP Entertainment Writer
04-29-08 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "CSI" co-star Gary Dourdan was arrested Monday for possession of narcotics and dangerous drugs, police said. The 41-year-old actor was found asleep in his car by the Palm Springs Police Department, authorities said. Full story

Record companies sue Project Playlist on copyright
04-28-08 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nine major record labels filed suit against an online music provider on Monday, accusing Project Playlist Inc of a "massive infringement" of their copyrights to the songs of artists such as U2 and Gwen Stefani. Full story

Nick Cannon Squirms When Asked About Mariah Carey Engagement Rumors, Says She's A 'Good Friend'
She's probably the most festive, remarkable person I've ever met,' actor says.
By Chris Harris, with reporting by Josh Horowitz, MTV News
04-28-08 Is Mariah Carey wearing actor Nick Cannon's engagement ring? Full story

Roger Waters plays `Dark Side,' unleashes giant pig
By Jake Coyle AP Entertainment Writer
04-28-08 INDIO, Calif. (AP) -- Roger Waters brought Coachella to a close with an epic two-set performance that included playing all of "Dark Side of the Moon" and unleashing a giant inflated pig into the night sky. Full story

'Baby Mama' delivers $18.3 million at weekend box office
By Ryan Nakashima AP Business Writer
04-27-08 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "Baby Mama," Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's comedy about surrogate motherhood, delivered the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office with $18.3 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Full story

The Music Industry's Extortion Scheme
The record labels want you to pay a tax on music. It's not as horrible as it sounds.
By Reihan Salam
04-25-08 What would you do if a bully—let's call him "Joey Giggles"—kept snatching your ice-cream cone? OK, now what if Joey Giggles then told you, "If you pay me five bucks a month, I'll stop snatching your ice cream." Depending on how much you hate getting beaten up, and how much you love ice-cream cones, you might decide that caving in is the way to go. This is what's called a protection racket. It's also potentially the new model for how we'll buy and listen to music. Full story

"American Idol" slips further in ratings
By James Hibberd
04-25-08 LOS ANGELES (Reuters/Hollywood Reporter) - "American Idol" posted its lowest rating among adults 18-49 in five years Wednesday, continuing its seasonlong slide as it edges towards its grand finale next month. Full story

Starbucks puts music unit on back burner
The division's president is leaving as the firm focuses on its core coffee business.
By Josh Friedman, LA Times Staff Writer

04-25-08 Starbucks Corp., which several years ago began an ambitious effort to extend its brand into entertainment, on Thursday said it was scaling back to focus on its core coffee empire. Full story

Wesley Snipes to serve 3 years in prison for tax
04-24-08 OCALA, Fla. (AP) -- Wesley Snipes called on famous friends to vouch for him, highlighted his clean criminal record and even wrote the government $5 million in checks - all in an effort to convince a judge that his conviction on tax charges should cost him nothing more than home detention and some public service announcements. Full story

New social network targets older music fans
By Alex Woodson

04-23-08 NEW YORK (Reuters/Hollywood Reporter) - GetBack Media, a social network targeted at people over age 35, is set to launch Wednesday stocked with music and TV content. Full story

Sony BMG to offer music through Nokia phones
04-22-08 HELSINKI (AFP) - Nokia, the world's leading mobile phone maker, said Tuesday that music company Sony BMG had agreed to join Nokia's music service programme, giving Nokia device users access to music published by Sony BMG. Full story

EMI restructuring faces contractual obstacles
By Ed Christman
04-22-08 NEW YORK (Reuters/Billboard) - British record label EMI has faced some unexpected challenges executing the bold restructuring plan it announced in January, sources say. Full story

'Forbidden Kingdom' fights to top of box office with $20.9M
By David Germain AP Movie Writer
04-21-08 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A martial arts dream team - Jackie Chan and Jet Li - won the weekend as their movie matchup "The Forbidden Kingdom" debuted at No. 1 with $20.9 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Full story

Sandra Bullock unhurt after suspected drunk driver hits car
04-21-08 GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- Sandra Bullock and her husband were unhurt after a head-on crash with a drunken driver, police said Saturday. Full story

Social networks prepare own music services
By Antony Bruno
04-19-08 DENVER (Reuters/Billboard) - One of the biggest new-media sensations to emerge from last year were music-related widgets -- mini-applications that allowed members of social networking services like MySpace or Facebook to customize their profiles with such music features as streamed playlists and tour calendars with links to ticket sales. Full story

Brandy signs new deal with Epic
By Mariel Concepcion
04-16-08 NEW YORK (Reuters/Billboard) - R&B singer Brandy has signed with Epic Records, which will release her label debut later this year, a company official said, declining further comment. Full story

`X-Files' movie title is out there: `I Want to Believe'
By David Germain AP Movie Writer
04-16-08 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The truth is finally out there about the new "X-Files" movie title. Full story

Tesco takes on iTunes with new download development
04-15-08 Tesco is to take on Apple iTunes with the launch of a music and film digital download service, it announced today. Full story

Screen Actors Guild, studios begin contract talks
By Lynn Elber AP Entertainment Writer
04-15-08 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Screen Actors Guild and Hollywood producers started talks Tuesday on a new contract that the wary entertainment industry hopes can be achieved without a strike. Full story

Toni Braxton's Shows for April Canceled
04-14-08 LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Toni Braxton won't return to the stage on the Las Vegas Strip until at least next month. Full story

Craig Sheds 007 Charm for New Film
By Jill Lawless AP Writer
04-14-08 LONDON (AP) -- He's a style icon known to millions as suave superspy James Bond. Full story

'Prom Night' Carves Out $22.7M Debut
By David Germain AP Movie Writer
04-13-08 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Audiences made a date with "Prom Night," the remake of the 1980 slasher flick that took in $22.7 million to debut as the weekend's No. 1 movie, according to studio estimates Sunday.Full story

Luminaries Attend Heston's Funeral
04-13-08 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Charlton Heston, one of the last lions of Old Hollywood, was remembered at his funeral Saturday as devoutly religious and patriotic - a man who was an imposing figure both in his politics and on the big screen. Full story

Besieged by web, music stores go digital, sort of
By Bradley Bambarger, Star-Ledger Staff

04-11-08 Browsing in a record store has always held the promise of serendipity for the music hound -- stumbling on a gem next to the disc you were looking for, being reminded of an old favorite that a friend just has to have, grabbing something on impulse. Full story

Warner urges Web fee for music downloads
Vito Pilieci, Canwest News Service
04-11-08 OTTAWA - The world's third-largest music company says it wants to radically change the way people buy music online through a mandatory fee embedded in every Internet user's monthly bill. Full story

Digital music sales to halt music sales decline by 2010
Music companies face a challenge and an opportunity
By Jonny Evans, Macworld

04-09-08 Digital music services will halt the decline in European recorded music sales by 2010, Jupiter Research claims this morning. Full Story

Toni Braxton Hospitalized for Chest Pain
By Ken Ritter AP Writer

04-08-08 LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Toni Braxton canceled her Las Vegas show after being hospitalized overnight with chest pains, hotel officials said. The 40-year-old Grammy winner spent Monday night at a Las Vegas hospital and was expected to be released after precautionary tests, Flamingo Las Vegas hotel-casino and Harrah's Entertainment Inc. spokeswoman Deanna Pettit said. Full Story

LA Times Retracts Tupac Shakur Story
04-08-08 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Los Angeles Times on Monday retracted stories that implied purported associates of Sean "Diddy" Combs assaulted Tupac Shakur in 1994 and that Combs knew about it ahead of time. Full story

Web network acquires child of Napster
Snocap, co-founded by Shawn Fanning to track music for legal digital sales, becomes part of Imeem.
By Michelle Quinn and Joseph Menn, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers

04-08-08 SAN FRANCISCO --Fast-growing Imeem Inc. said Monday that it had bought Snocap, a struggling online music service co-founded by Napster creator Shawn Fanning. Full story

Metallica To Launch Record Store Day
by Paul Cashmere

04-08-08 Metallica will be doing an instore to mark the very first Record Store Day. Full story

'21' Doubles Up With $15M Weekend
By David Germain AP Movie Writer

04-07-08 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The gambling tale "21" kept up its winning streak as it took in $15.1 million to stay on top of the box office for a second-straight weekend, leaving George Clooney's "Leatherheads" and the family tale "Nim's Island" to scrimmage for second place. Full story

Britain Challenges Snoop Dogg Decision
04-05-08 LONDON (AP) -- Britain is appealing a court's decision to allow Snoop Dogg into the country, the Border Agency said Friday. He was barred from Britain after he was arrested on charges of violent disorder at London's Heathrow Airport in 2006. Full story

Looks Like Jay-Z and Beyonce Are Married
04-05-08 NEW YORK (AP) -- It appears that Jay-Z and Beyonce have finally tied the knot. Full story

Digital music firms pay heavy price for labels' support
By Antony Bruno

04-05-08 DENVER (Reuters/Billboard) - A stark truth facing any aspiring digital music service these days is that working with record labels is going to carry a hefty price. Full story

In Rapper’s Deal, a New Model for Music Business
By Jeff Leeds

04-03-08 LOS ANGELES — In a move that reflects the anarchy sweeping the music business, the superstar rapper Jay-Z, who released his latest album to lukewarm sales five months ago, is on the verge of closing a deal with a concert promoter that rivals the biggest music contracts ever awarded. Full story

File sharing 'may be good', says EMI executive
Owen Gibson, media correspondent

04-03-08 The senior Google executive poached by EMI's new owners to overhaul its global digital strategy said yesterday that file sharing, for so long deemed the scourge of the music business, was "not necessarily bad". Full story

Mariah Carey Surpasses Elvis in No. 1s
By Nekesa Mumbi Moody AP Music Writer

04-02-08 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- With her 18th chart-topper "Touch My Body," Mariah Carey has passed Elvis Presley for the most No. 1 singles on the Billboard singles chart, and is now second only to the Beatles. Full story

Warner Music seeks to offer 'all you can eat' digital music
Broadband customers will soon be able to download unlimited music from the major labels as part of their monthly contract
Jonathan Richards

04-01-08 Consumers can look forward to unlimited music downloads as part of their broadband contracts, following confirmation that Warner Music is in talks with the main British internet service providers. Full story

O'Jays Son Dies After Taken From Jail
By Thomas J. Sheeran AP Writer

04-01-08 CLEVELAND (AP) -- Sean Levert, a third of the 1980s R&B trio LeVert and son of lead O'Jays singer Eddie Levert, has died after falling ill while serving a jail term. He was 39. Authorities said Monday that an autopsy was inconclusive but foul play was ruled out. Full story

The Boondocks: The Complete Second Season Uncut and Uncensored

03-31-08 Another season of the must-own provocative Peabody Award-winning comedy, Sony Pictures Television’s The Boondocks: The Complete Second Season – Uncut and Uncensored debuts on DVD June 10 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Full story

'21' Rakes in $23M Box-Office Jackpot
By David Germain AP Movie Writer

03-30-08 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Movie-goers laid their money down on "21," a gambling romp that was the weekend's box-office high roller with a $23.7 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. Full story

Sony BMG eyes online music service
CEO says company developing subscription model that would give users unlimited access to tunes online, according to published report.

03-25-08 BERLIN (AP) -- The CEO of Sony BMG Music Entertainment says that the company is developing an online music subscription service that would give users unlimited access to its music and be compatible with a host of digital music players. Full story

Smashing Pumpkins Sue Virgin Records
03-25-08 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Smashing Pumpkins are suing Virgin Records, saying the record label has illegally used their name and music in promotional deals that hurt the band's credibility with fans. Full story

Corinne Bailey Rae's Husband Found Dead
03-24-08 LONDON (AP) -- The husband of Grammy-nominated British singer Corinne Bailey Rae has been found dead. Full story

'Whos' on First at Box Office Again
By David Germain AP Movie Writer

03-23-08 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Audiences are still listening to Horton and his Who pals. "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who," 20th Century Fox's animated adaptation of the beloved children's book, remained the top movie for a second straight weekend with $25.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Full story

Gibson Guitar Tangles With Game Makers
By Rose French AP Writer

03-22-08 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Gibson Guitar Corp. has widened its attack on the video game industry with a second patent infringement lawsuit. Full story

eMusic chief cries 'foul' on all-you-can-eat iTunes plan
Tying music sales to iPod sales could be a monopolistic action, eMusic warns
By Jonny Evans, Mac World

03-20-08 Apple's plan to tie music sales to iPods may attract ire from anti-trust authorities, warned the head of competing music service, eMusic, last night. Full story

Man ordered to pay $23,250 to five record companies
Case centers on claims of illegally downloading music
By David Ellison, Houston Chronicle

03-18-08 A federal judge has ordered a Houston man accused of illegally downloading 31 songs to pay $23,250 in damages to five record companies. Full story

Berry Names Daughter Nahla Ariela Aubry
03-19-08 NEW YORK (AP) -- Halle Berry's newborn daughter is named Nahla Ariela Aubry, her publicist Meredith O'Sullivan told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Nahla was born Sunday to Berry, 41, and her beau, model Gabriel Aubry, 32. It's Berry's first child. Full story

Apple mulls unlimited music bundle
By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in London

03-18-08 Apple is in discussions with the big music companies about a radical new business model that would give customers free access to its entire iTunes music library in exchange for paying a premium for its iPod and iPhone devices. Full story

Busta Rhymes Gets 3 Years' Probation
By Samuel Maull AP Writer

03-18-08 NEW YORK (AP) -- A judge sentenced Busta Rhymes to three years' probation Tuesday for assaulting his former driver and a fan, and warned the rapper to stay out of trouble. Full story

Diddy Denies LA Times' Tupac Story
By Sandy Cohen AP Entertainment Writer

03-18-08 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Sean "Diddy" Combs has denied a report by the Los Angeles Times that his associates were responsible for the 1994 robbery and shooting of Tupac Shakur at a New York recording studio, and that he knew about the attack in advance. Full story

Chan, Li Plan 2nd Movie Collaboration
By Min Lee AP Entertainment Writer

03-18-08 HONG KONG (AP) -- Jackie Chan and Jet Li say they had so much fun making their first movie together they are planning a second one. Full story

Pirating technology wins over big business
03-17-08 NEW YORK (AP) -- The technology best known for pirating movies, music and software online increasingly is being adopted by businesses as a cheap way to get video content to customers. Full story

Southwest Festival Wraps Up Its 2,000-Course Feast
By Jon Pareles

03-16-08 AUSTIN, Tex. — Adam Elliott, the drummer and singer of Times New Viking, summed up the South by Southwest Music festival between the frenetic songs by his band, a three-piece from Columbus, Ohio. Even if Times New Viking were no good, he said, “there’s a thousand other bands.” He added, “Those odds are pretty good.” Full story

Live Nation in running for the Rolling Stones archives
Adam Sherwin, Media Correspondent

03-12-08 Live Nation, the world's largest concert promotion firm, has emerged as a surprise bidder for the Rolling Stones back catalogue of hits as the band considers ending its relationship with EMI. Full story

Jackson Gets Flu, Bails From 'SNL' Show
03-11-08 NEW YORK (AP) -- Janet Jackson has dropped out of her upcoming "Saturday Night Live" performance because she has the flu, the singer's representative said Tuesday. Full story

Paramount launches Facebook application
03-10-08 HOLLYWOOD (AP) - Paramount Pictures will become the first major studio to make clips from thousands of its movies available for use on the Internet. Full story

Actor Morales Won't Face Charge of Rape
03-10-08 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- No criminal charges will be filed against "NYPD Blue" star Esai Morales over allegations that he raped his ex-girlfriend, a prosecutor's office spokeswoman said Friday. Full story

'10,000 B.C.' Hunts Up $35.7 Million
By David Germain AP Movie Writer

03-09-08 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Movie-goers went hunting for their inner caveman as they sat in the dark for the prehistoric adventure "10,000 B.C.," which led the weekend box office with $35.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Full story

Clive Davis urges singers to stop writing songs
By Michelle Nichols

03-06-08 NEW YORK (Reuters) -Music mogul Clive Davis, who helped launch stars like Whitney Houston and Alicia Keys, said singers should focus on what they do best and not feel pressured to write their own songs. Full story

Rowland Feels 'Complete' After Surgery
03-06-08 NEW YORK (AP) -- Kelly Rowland has gotten a little more bustylicious. Rowland, who sang "Bootylicious" with Beyonce in the group Destiny's Child, tells People magazine in its March 17 issue that she had plastic surgery last October to bring her "from an A-cup to a B-cup." Full story

Rachael Ray Defends Her Indie-Rock SXSW Party, Featuring Raveonettes, Holy F--- And Mac 'N Cheese
'People think I'm like this food robot or something, but music is a huge part of my life,' TV host says.
By James Montgomery, MTV News

03-05-08 Attention bloggers, indie snobs and all forms of Internet naysayers: Rachael Ray does not have time for your hateration. Full story

Facebook in talks with major music labels: report
03-5-08 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Social networking site Facebook has approached major music labels about launching a music service, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Full story

Fat Joe Laughs Off Black-Eye Photos After Rumble With 50 Cent Ally Papoose
By Shaheem Reid, MTV Nws

03-04-08 Radio disses, Photoshop handiwork and in-person fist-swinging — it's been a long weekend in the Fat Joe vs. 50 Cent saga. Full story

Wal-Mart, iTunes moves worry music industry
Tiered pricing and 99-cent tracks likely to cut record-company revenues
Vito Pilieci, Canwest News Service

03-04-08 OTTAWA -- Plagued with plummeting revenues and piracy issues, the music industry is about to get another kick to its sales figures courtesy of retailer Wal-Mart and the Internet music shop iTunes. Full story

Warner Music appoints development executive
By Mark Sweney

03-03-08 Warner Music has hired former Napster senior executive Leanne Sharman to develop the company's digital and new business strategy across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Full story

Wal-Mart stirs CD pricing pot with multi-tiered plan
By Ed Christman

02-01-08 NEW YORK (Reuters/Billboard) - The major music companies have been resistant to lowering their price on CDs, but now they may be dragged to that point: Wal-Mart, the largest retailer of music with an estimated 22 percent market share, has proposed a five-tiered pricing scheme that would allow the discounter to sell albums at even lower prices and require the labels to bear more of the costs. Full story

'Semi-Pro' Scores $15M, Tops Box Office
By Alicia Chang AP Writer

03-02-08 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Will Ferrell's basketball comedy "Semi-Pro" dribbled to the top of the weekend box office, but it fell short of his previous blockbuster openings in the sports spoof genre, according to studio estimates Sunday. Full story

More teenagers ignoring CDs, report says
48% of teenagers bought no CDs at all in 2007, up from 38% in 2006. Music downloads continue to grow, though, with iTunes leading the way.
By Michelle Quinn and Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers

02-27-08 SAN FRANCISCO -- Going to the mall to buy music may no longer be a rite of passage for adolescents. Full story

Guy Hands feels the strain of EMI takeover
By David Litterick

02-27-08 Guy Hands has admitted that his takeover of EMI has not gone to plan and has taken a far greater emotional strain than he had expected. Full story

Apple to be biggest US music retailer this year
iTunes seems set to exceed music sales of Wal-Mart this year
Jonny Evans

02-27-08 Apple is currently the second largest US music retailer after Wal-Mart, but seems set to overtake the competing retailer for the top spot this year. Full story

U.S. judge pokes hole in file-sharing lawsuit
Court ruling could force the music industry to provide more evidence against people accused of illegal file sharing, legal experts say
By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service

02-26-08 Legal experts say a recent U.S. court ruling could force the music industry to provide more evidence against people accused of illegal file sharing. Full story