Donald Trump Still Hasn’t Appointed Anyone to Lead the US Copyright Office

Months after Congress gave Donald Trump the power to directly appoint a head of the US Copyright Office… crickets. Looks like the US Copyright Office is having a serious crisis in leadership.  And that’s because there’s no leader! That’s right kids: months after Congress enacted a provision to allow Donald Trump to directly appoint a […]

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The Doors Manager Loses It on Kendall and Kylie Jenner

The Doors’ manager won’t tolerate the Jenners, women who allegedly “don’t actually do anything.”  According to him, they merely “capitalize on the legacies of those who actually did.” On Thursday, Kylie Jenner, and her sister Kendall Jenner, came under fire as lawyers for the Notorious BIG estate threatened with a possible lawsuit.  Now, following their […]

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This Could Change Google’s Search Results Forever

Canada’s Supreme Court laid down the law against Google, not only in the country, but globally, too. Three years ago, a Canadian court ordered Google to remove a Canadian firm from its search results.  Now, following a lengthy and costly court battle, the Canadian Supreme Court has ordered the search giant to de-index the firm […]

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Singer Thrown In a Texas Jail For Legally Purchased Weed

Well the state of America is pretty f’d right now. I’m not talking about what’s going down in Washington, I’m talking about how you can legally purchase weed in one state and be arrested and charged with a felony from that same weed in another. It’s now well understood that the criminalization of marijuana and the […]

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As Pandora Stock Sink, TuneIn Sues Over Failed Payments

TuneIn decided to file a costly lawsuit against Pandora Radio, clearly kicking the streamer when they’re way, way down. A 19% investment from SiriusXM and a $200 million sale of Ticketfly wasn’t enough to convince Pandora Radio investors.  Last Friday, the music streamer’s shares reached an all-time low.  Investors believe that it may be too […]

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24 Year-Old Overdoses on Ecstasy at EDC. Is That Insomniac’s Fault?

People take drugs at festivals.  A ton of them.  And they OD on them if they’re not careful.  But is that the fault of festival promoters like Insomniac and Live Nation? I was actually at Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas in 2015.  And I saw someone getting frantically stretchered out while he was convulsing. […]

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Racist Band Names Are Protected Free Speech, Supreme Court Says…

Now you can have whatever racist band name you want!  The Supreme Court says so, thanks to a challenge by ‘The Slants’. The Supreme Court just dropped a seriously anti-PC decision this morning.  And you have the band ‘The Slants’ to thank for it.  So who are The Slants?  Well, they’re a group a Asian-Americans […]

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Racist Band Names Are Protected Free Speech, Supreme Court Says…

Now you can have whatever racist band name you want!  The Supreme Court says so, thanks to a challenge by ‘The Slants’. The Supreme Court just dropped a seriously anti-PC decision this morning.  And you have the band ‘The Slants’ to thank for it.  So who are The Slants?  Well, they’re a group a Asian-Americans […]

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Big Publishers Feeling Cheated After Spotify’s Small Publisher Deal

Did major publishers get hoodwinked by Spotify and their own trade association?  That’s the scuttlebutt this week in the wake of an impressive settlement by smaller publishers. So just to bring everyone up to speed… Earlier this month, a collective of indie publishers and songwriters secured a juicy $43.4 million settlement with Spotify over unpaid […]

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Big Publishers Feeling Cheated After Spotify’s Small Publisher Deal

Did major publishers get hoodwinked by Spotify and their own trade association?  That’s the scuttlebutt this week in the wake of an impressive settlement by smaller publishers. So just to bring everyone up to speed… Earlier this month, a collective of indie publishers and songwriters secured a juicy $43.4 million settlement with Spotify over unpaid […]

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