Web users face an even greater threat to their privacy as large ISPs align themselves more closely with data brokers to track their customers, an advocacy group said. Several large ISPs have either formed partnerships with, or acquired, data tracking…

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Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios has a carriage deal with AT&T and DirecTV a little more than a year after it joined in a $10 billion lawsuit that accused the distributors of carrying too few minority-owned services. 
  
The telco’s DirecTV picked…

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U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt ruled that the copyright infringement verdict a jury reached in March should
be cut from nearly $7.4 million to $5.3 million. The judge's ruling, however, gives Gaye's family 50 percent of the
song's future…Read more

Now that Marvin Gaye's family has won a copyright suit regarding the similarity of Robin Thicke,
Pharrell Williams and T.I.'s "Blurred Lines" and the soul icon's "Got to Give It Up," their lawyer wants
to stop the sales of that…Read more

Sam Smith and Disclosure are among some names in music being sued as they're accused of using stolen
lyrics on their hit songs. According to a new report by Daily Mail, an unknown singer/songwriter named Katie
Farrah Sopher says the…Read more

Federal prosecutors plan to sue New York City over widespread civil rights violations
in the handling of adolescent inmates at Rikers Island, making clear their dissatisfaction
with the city’s progress in reining in brutality by guards and improving conditions at…Read more

A three year old copyright infringement lawsuit brought by composer Jack Urbont
against rapper Ghostface Killah has taken an unusual turn with a New York judge
entering a default judgment in favor of the plaintiff. As a result, the case…Read more

In a ruling that could set up one of the biggest trials ever over alleged song theft,
U.S. District Judge John Kronstadt on Thursday denied Pharrell Williams and Robin
Thicke's motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit that explores the…Read more

Verizon agreed to a proposed settlement under which it would pay $64.2 million to settle
claims that it overcharged customers who signed up for family plans. Family SharePlan
customers were allegedly billed for in-network calls that were supposed to be…Read more

A Florida man convicted of first-degree murder for shooting a teenager to death
over loud music was sentenced to life without parole Oct 17. Michael Dunn, 47,
was convicted of killing Jordan Davis, 17, in November 2012 after he shot…Read more

Red Bull just settled a false advertising lawsuit, and now owes anyone who bought one of
its drinks between Jan. 1, 2002, and Oct. 3, 2014, either $10 cash or $15 worth of Red Bull
products. They have agreed to…Read more

AT&T Inc has agreed to pay $105 million to settle allegations that it put unauthorized
charges on customers' cell phone bills, a practice known as cramming, the Federal
Trade Commission said. The settlement comes after years of complaints from consumers…Read more

Turning up the heat on subway perverts, the MTA will put surveillance cameras in hundreds of 
new train cars expected to be ordered in a few years. The MTA for the first time committed to
the security move in a…Read more

DJ Khaled, via his DJ Khaled Productions, Inc., has filed a lawsuit against his former
record label Entertainment One, also known as eOne, alleging breach of contract,
accounting and unjust enrichment. Khaled is accusing eOne of failure to properly
account…Read more

The US government has agreed to pay $554m (£339m) to the Native American Navajo
tribe to settle a legal dispute. It is the largest payment ever made by the government to
a single tribe. The litigation included claims that dated…Read more

In August,  Damon Dash filed a summons that outlined his claims of having written and oral
agreements with Lee Daniels. On Sept 22 in New York Superior Court, Dash followed up with
an actual complaint that provides the basis why…Read more

The NFL’s players union is siding with the musicians in the dust-up over pay-to-play for
the Super Bowl halftime show. “The NFL Players Association will always support workers
and fair wages,” a spokesman for the NFL Players Association says. Union…Read more

No one should be surprised of all the school shootings and gun violence in America
when you are breeding 9 year old girls to be shooters.
 
A 9-year-old girl accidentally shot and killed a shooting instructor with an automatic Uzi… Read more

Universal Music describes a new lawsuit over VH1's Masters of the Mix as a "cut-and-dry
copyright infringement case," but modest trappings aside, there's a few reasons to pay
attention to this one.The complaint was filed in California against Je T'Aime…Read more

D.W. Hunter, the great grandson of Anna Short Harrington, the woman who became
"Aunt Jemima," has filed a class action lawsuit against PepsiCo Inc., its subsidiary
Quaker Oats Co., Pinnacle Foods and its onetime suitor, Hillshire Brands Co., on behalf…Read more

U.S. mobile phone users have likely paid hundreds of millions of dollars in unauthorized
charges "crammed" onto their bills, according to a report released by the U.S. Senate Commerce
Committee. The cramming often originates with small companies that provide celebrity…Read more

The terms of service, also known as the document you're supposed to read before signing
up for a site or platform, is a treasure trove of legal guidelines, rules and permissions that
few people really care about. But there are…Read more

Pitbull is suing E. & J. Winery & New Amsterdam Spirits Company for branding a vodka
recipe the 'Pit Bull,' according to TMZ. The Florida rapper, whose name has been trademarked
since 2000, alleges that the alcohol distributor has been…Read more

3000 former interns have been granted class action status in their lawsuit against Warner
Music Group and Atlantic Records. The suit alleges that there was no academic component
to the internships, as is required by law. The original claim was…Read more

American drinkers could find themselves sprinkling their favorite beverage rather than pouring it, as powdered
alcohol brand 'Palcohol' is now fully approved by the US government. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau this week signed off on seven… Read more