Certainly the copyright owners should be compensated, but how is ANYONE served by booting to the curb a 16-hour Elvis Presley bio video? A U.S. appeals court brought down the curtain Thursday on a film documentary about singer Elvis Presley, saying it made improper use of copyrighted film, photo and …

Justin continues to build his case: Pop music’s biggest stars have been in Edinburgh for the 10th annual MTV Europe Music Awards. A massive big top in the Leith area of the city was the centre of the music universe for the night with a galaxy of top stars attracted …

Napster is wasting no time jumping into high profile marketing maneuvers, taking on iTunes and the seven dwarfs with confidence and aplomb: Penn State University announced today it is going to revolutionize the music world with a ground-breaking agreement with the online music service Napster, a division of Roxio. ….Penn …

This is an odd news report: More than a million households deleted all the digital music files they had saved on their PCs in August – a sign that the record industry’s anti-piracy tactics are hitting home, said research company NPD Group on Wednesday. NPD credited the ongoing anti-piracy campaign …

These young whippersnappers just keep coming up with ways to bug people with their mobile phones: Phone owners now have something else to do with their handset: bluejacking. This involves sending anonymous text messages to other phone users via Bluetooth short-range radio. Bluetooth works over a range of about 10 …

Despite their status as country music’s biggest stars, the Dixie Chicks will not be appearing on tonights CMA awards show as presenters or performers. Odd you say? Not really – the country music establishment has made its choice and his name is Toby Keith. My MSNBC.com commentary: No room for …

The third part of the Matrix trilogy opens simultaneously in revolutionary manner: The Matrix Revolutions hit screens at 1400 GMT in London – which equates to 0600 in Los Angeles, 0900 in New York, 1700 in Moscow and 2300 in Tokyo. It will be shown simultaneously in 65 countries in …

Good news for the industry, although there aren’t all that many songs even available in physical form, but that’s another story. Digital tracks are outselling physical singles by a growing margin, a sign that consumers increasingly are embracing the brave new world of Internet downloading. Digital download sales outpaced physical …

We have had much comment already on the cancellation of the CBS TV movie about the Reagans. Now CBS president and CEO Les Moonves (add a “t” and you have smart spacewear for fall) is taking his “reagard” a step further: Les Moonves Donates Testicles to Reagan Presidential Library Commemorating …

The late, legendary Man In Black Johnny Cash will be honored with a musical tribute tonight on the Country Music Association awards, broadcast live on CBS. Cash, nominated for four awards including Album of the Year for American lV: The Man Comes Around and Single of the Year for “Hurt,” …