Actors Paul Reubens and Jeffrey Jones arrested on child sex charges, though Ed Rooney would appear to be in far more trouble than Pee Wee. CNN reports the tawdry news: Los Angeles police Thursday arrested actor Jeffrey Jones, best known for his role as the smarmy principal in the movie …

High Fidelity is an excellent and record-centric movie starring John Cusack based on the novel of the same name by Nick Hornby about a record store owner and former DJ who sees life through the lens of popular music. When he gets upset, he rearranges his vast record collection to …

Another interesting analysis of the travails of the global music biz, this one from Sathnam Sanghera in the Financial Times: It is not hard to see why piracy is perceived as the biggest factor behind the industry’s woes. There are now some 900m music files available to be downloaded free …

Victoria’s Secret “Christmas Dreams and Fantasies” fashion show was interrupted by a PETA protest: Activists for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals rushed the stage as Gisele Bundchen strutted down the runway in a beaded bra and panties, thigh-high black stockings and red strappy heels. The four female protesters, …

Our friends at the Future of Music Coalition are set to drop a bombshell on the commercial radio biz this Monday: On November 18, 2002 the FMC will publicly release its report documenting the effects of radio station ownership consolidation on musicians and the public. This comprehensive analysis was conducted …

I was just railing against TV irresponsibility, but what about film responsibility? Variety reports that the AMA and the World Health Organization have called for movies that “glamorize” smoking to be rated R: “As countries worldwide grapple with the devastating and increasing impact of tobacco use, the entertainment industry must …

Napster’s assets bought: Roxio, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROXI), the Digital Media Company, provider of the best selling digital media software in the world, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Napster, Inc. As part of the transaction, Roxio will receive …

Kurt Hanson exults: In a stunning victory for webcasting, both the Senate and the House of Representatives unanimously passed a revised version of H.R. 5469 late last night that clears the way for copyright owners to offer webcasters a percentage-of-revenues royalty rate, essentially allowing the parties to mutually agree to …

December 6 is the deadline to let the FCC know how you feel about even more restrictions on what you can do with digital content, specifically your ability to make copies of digital-broadcast television programs. Please see this report by CDT, Consumers Union, and Public Knowledge outlining consumer questions posed …

Credible rumor has it that the Donnas new CD, their major label debut on Atlantic Spend the Night, has been “crippled” with the dreaded copy-protection. Our source reported that he was able to rip the CD on a Linux machine using CD Paranoia. Fat Chuck’s has a list of copy-protected …