by Bram Teitelman | Oct 18, 2010 | Legal Woes
Gene Simmons, best known for merchandising the hell out of some band that he plays with and advocating suing anyone that doesn’t pay $18 for a KISS CD, has done it again. The 4Chan message board group known as “anonymous” didn’t like the recent...
by Zach Shaw | Aug 18, 2010 | Legal Woes, Radio
ArsTechnica.com is reporting that music labels and radio broadcasters are in hopes to convince Congress to mandate that FM radio receivers be built into cell phones and other portable devices. While it would provide consumers more music choices, the push is more of a...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 14, 2010 | Legal Woes
In fucking awesome news for anyone that likes to curse, a federal appeals court in New York threw out the FCC’s “fleeting expletives” policy, ruling that it was unconstitutional and threatens free speech. The Federal Communications Commission had put...
by Metal Insider | Jul 13, 2010 | Big Suck, Legal Woes
Major labels have gotten a lot of bad PR in the past, whether giving customers the shaft via overpriced CDs, signing bands to questionable deals, or potentially cutting their own workforces. Now another group is facing a lawsuit from labels and that group sucks...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 25, 2010 | Legal Woes
Regardless of your thoughts on illegal downloading, all you have to do is look at the Billboard charts and ten years of declining sales to see labels and artists alike are losing money due to piracy. Yesterday, the Obama Administration, who have undoubtedly taken more...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 14, 2010 | Legal Woes
While famed New York venue CBGB closed in 2006, its name will live on forever – or will it? CBGB Holdings LLC, the company that bought the right to license and market the CBGB name, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this past Friday in Manhattan,...