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You can comment on the anti-circumvention language of the DMCA with the US Copyright Office until December 18. Declan McCullagh writes: When enacting the DMCA in 1998, Congress ordered the Copyright Office to conduct regular reviews of one portion of the law. The librarian of Congress, who oversees the Copyright …

The Hollywood Reporter reports: The rush by major labels to offer legitimate music downloads continued Tuesday as Universal Music Group announced that it will offer more than 43,000 songs through a host of online retailers and music Web sites. The move by the world’s largest music group comes less than …

Part of a trio of brothers who produced some of the most important films of the ’60s: After going into business with his eldest brother, Irving, supplying candy to movie theaters, Marvin Mirisch moved to Los Angeles in 1953 to join his two other siblings in the movie production business …

Whoa – you think I’ve been slamming TV, especially “reality” TV, hard? Check out this preview of tonight’s programming by Robert Bianco in USA Today: Even on a medium prone to the tawdry, seldom have we seen a seamier battle than tonight’s competition between CBS’ Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and …

I really have no particular animus against Michael Jackson – I still love a lot of his music and who doesn’t have a big soft spot for the Jackson Five? But we have got to keep the freak away from the kids: he expresses his “love” in peculiar at best, …

Clive Davis, who learned the record biz under the watchful eye of Thomas Edison, will head the reformed RCA Records: Clive Davis, the longtime music mogul and founder of J Records, will head the combined RCA music group, BMG said in a statement. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. RCA …

Network TV seems to be an endless sluice of ever more base “reality shows” (quotation marks because these shows are just as staged as Touched by an Angel and a whole lot less honest about it) in a race to the bottom of the unlit basement of human nature, many …

If so, I’m happy to admit it. We reported last week that Rick James was under investigation for sexual assault. He vehemently claims his innocence and insists he is on the straight and narrow: Police confirmed last week that they were investigating James after the unidentified woman lodged a complaint …

"Essentially, this is a story about the first U.S. cavalry charge of the 21st century," said Neufeld, who described the project as "Black Hawk Down" meets "Lawrence of Arabia."

Unless you’re my son, who goes to sleep listening to System of a Down, everyone needs a quiet music break from time to time. As I get older, I find I need a quiet music break more often than not, but that’s another matter. But just quiet isn’t enough – …