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	<title>UNLIMITED &#124; CMU &#187; In The Pop Courts</title>
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		<title>Doobie Brother joins digital royalties litigation party</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 10:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another day, another digital royalties dispute. This time its one of the Doobie Brothers who is suing a major label for a bigger cut of download revenue. As much previously reported, the major labels treat downloads as record sales, and pay artists the same royalty on iTunes revenue as they would on CDs. But many<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/doobie-brother-joins-digital-royalties-litigation-party/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Greek courts issue web-block orders on copyright grounds</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 10:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellinadiko.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music-Bazaar.com]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Greek courts are the latest to issue web-blocking injunctions against internet service providers on copyright grounds. As previously reported, such web-block orders have now been issued in various countries, including the UK, and are used where websites are deemed to be liable for copyright infringement, but are based outside the jurisdiction of a national<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/greek-courts-issue-web-block-orders-on-copyright-grounds/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>US Supreme Court refuses to hear Tenenbaum case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Nesson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Tenenbaum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RIAA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Supreme Court]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The US Supreme Court has refused to take on the Joel Tenenbaum case, meaning the file-sharing student can now only hope that the damages he was ordered to pay the record companies for illegally sharing music files via Kazaa back in 2004 can be reduced back in the lower courts. As much previously reported, Tenenbaum<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/us-supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-tenenbaum-case/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dotcom won&#8217;t reveal passwords in second MegaUpload data dispute</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dotcom-wont-reveal-passwords-in-second-mega-data-dispute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Schmitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MegaUpload]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[MegaUpload founder Kim &#8216;Dotcom&#8217; Schmitz is refusing to give New Zealand police the passwords to encrypted data that they seized from his home earlier this year unless they agree to give him access to the digital files too. While the debate rumbles on in the US about what should happen to all the files stored<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dotcom-wont-reveal-passwords-in-second-mega-data-dispute/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>George Clinton settles out of court with Black Eyed Peas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Clinton has reached an out of court settlement with The Black Eyed Peas over the use of a sample in one of the group&#8217;s remixes. As previously reported, Clinton sued BEP in December 2010, claiming a remix of their 2003 hit &#8216;Shut Up&#8217; sampled his band Funkadelic&#8217;s classic hit &#8216;(Not Just) Knee Deep&#8217; without<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/george-clinton-settles-out-of-court-with-black-eyed-peas/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>John Butler Trio win yoghurt dispute</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australian band The John Butler Trio have won a legal battle with a US advertising agency, Poptent. The band sued after the company sampled their 2003 song &#8216;Zebra&#8217; for an advert for Dannon Oikos Greek yoghurt, which first aired on American TV during the Super Bowl in February. Poptent has now been forced to remove<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/john-butler-trio-win-yoghurt-dispute/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>IFPI welcomes appeals ruling over file-sharing via Russian Facebook</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ifpi-welcomes-appeals-ruling-over-file-sharing-via-russian-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 11:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frances Moore]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry has welcomed a ruling in the Russian appeal courts which upholds a previous judgement regards the sharing of music over the Russian social networking website vKontakte. In January a lower Russian court said vKontakte did not do enough to stop its users sharing unlicensed music files, and was<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ifpi-welcomes-appeals-ruling-over-file-sharing-via-russian-facebook/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lil Wayne accused of second skateboard pap attack</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/lil-wayne-accused-of-second-skateboard-pap-attack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 11:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pop Crime]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year Lil Wayne was collecting copyright disputes in relation to his 2008 album &#8216;Tha Carter III&#8217;. This year he seems to be collecting legal actions relating to altercations involving photographers and skateboards. Actually, the circumstances surrounding the latest alleged altercation involving the rapper, a photographer and the violent use of a skateboard are so<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/lil-wayne-accused-of-second-skateboard-pap-attack/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tenenbaum lawyer requests Supreme Court hearing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Nesson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fle-Sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Tenenbaum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Gertner]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[And so the Joel Tenenbaum story continues, as lawyers for the file-sharing student seek a US Supreme Court hearing in their ongoing bid to quash the mega-damages their client has been ordered to pay the American record companies for illegally accessing a few tracks via Kazaa back in 2004. But first, the customary recap. Joel<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/tenenbaum-lawyer-requests-supreme-court-hearing/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish ruling on illegal file-sharing over third party wi-fi may have effects across Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the more interesting questions raised by any anti-piracy three-strikes system, whereby internet service providers can be forced to send warning letters to suspected file-sharers of unlicensed content, and to then reduce the net connection of any such file-sharing customers who ignore the warnings (either to slower speeds or to full disconnection of service),<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/finnish-ruling-on-illegal-file-sharing-over-third-party-wi-fi-may-have-effects-across-europe/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jackson v AEG lawsuit unlikely to reach court until next spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Conrad Murray]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Katherine Jackson&#8217;s lawsuit against AEG Live regards its employment of Conrad Murray as her son&#8217;s personal doctor will now not reach court until next April, after lawyers for the live firm said they needed more time to prepare. As previously reported, AEG&#8217;s attorneys had already said they were struggling to get all the information they<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/jackson-v-aeg-lawsuit-unlikely-to-reach-court-until-next-spring/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bret Michaels settles with Tonys</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[American rocker Bret Michaels has reached an out of court settlement with the organisers of the Tony Awards, in relation to an incident at the 2009 edition of the event. As previously reported, the Poison frontman was knocked on the head by moving scenery as he left the stage after performing at the 2009 Tonys<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/bret-michaels-settles-with-tonys/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Def Jam game maker says EMI lawsuit may put him out of business</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While MP3 resale service Redigi insists it has the resources required to fight EMI in court after the major sued the digital start-up claiming its business model infringes copyright, another company facing litigation from the record company reckons EMI&#8217;s legal action could push it out of business. As previously reported, EMI is suing gaming companies<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/def-jam-game-maker-says-emi-lawsuit-may-put-him-out-of-business/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pirate Bay founder takes case to European Court Of Human Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carl Lundström]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, with those pesky jail sentences now hanging over the founders of The Pirate Bay in their home country of Sweden, two of the three creators of the always controversial file-sharing search service are trying very different approaches to avoid prison. According to Torrentfreak, legal reps for Fredrik Neij are ready to fight the Swedish<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/pirate-bay-founder-takes-case-to-european-court-of-human-rights/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lil Wayne starts to settle Tha Carter III disputes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lil Wayne has settled two of the four (by our maths) lawsuits that stemmed from his 2008 album &#8216;Tha Carter III&#8217;. First up, TMZ is reporting that Wayne&#8217;s legal reps have just settled with producer and songwriter David Kirkwood, who sued last June claiming he was owed $1.5 million for royalties and &#8220;production services&#8221; in<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/lil-wayne-starts-to-settle-tha-carter-iii-disputes/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Man accused of killing Jennifer Hudson&#8217;s family members found guilty</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/man-accused-of-killing-jennifer-hudsons-family-members-found-guilty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pop Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Hudson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Balfour]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[William Balfour was found guilty on Friday of killing three family members of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson back in 2008. As previously reported, Balfour, who had been married to Hudson&#8217;s sister Julia, shot dead the singer&#8217;s mother Darnell Donerson and brother Jason, seemingly after seeing balloons outside the Hudson family home, and believing them<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/man-accused-of-killing-jennifer-hudsons-family-members-found-guilty/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wonder nephew arrested over extortion charges</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/wonder-nephew-arrested-over-extortion-charges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pop Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpha Lorenzo Walker]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A nephew of Stevie Wonder has been arrested and charged over allegations he tried to extort money out of his celebrity uncle. According to reports, Alpha Lorenzo Walker and another man were arrested earlier this month, with LA prosecutors confirming basic details about the charges on Friday. According to TMZ, Walker demanded $5 million from<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/wonder-nephew-arrested-over-extortion-charges/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thriller girl settles with Jackson estate</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/thriller-girl-settles-with-jackson-estate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ola Ray]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The estate of Michael Jackson have settled with the former Playboy model who appeared in the iconic video for &#8216;Thriller&#8217;. Ola Ray sued Jackson shortly before his untimely death in 2009 claiming she was owed royalties from the monies generated by the pop promo. It&#8217;s not clear what kind of pay off Ray has now<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/thriller-girl-settles-with-jackson-estate/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>MegaUpload reps want civil cases postponed</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/mega-reps-want-civil-cases-postponed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ira Rothken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Schmitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MegaUpload]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microhits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valcom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Legal reps for MegaUpload and its founder Kim &#8216;Dotcom&#8217; Schmitz have asked the US courts to postpone civil lawsuits filed against their clients, pending the criminal case against the now shutdown file-transfer platform. Lawyer Ira Rothken said that the previously reported civil cases already filed against the MegaUpload enterprise, by smaller rights owners Microhits and<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/mega-reps-want-civil-cases-postponed/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Beastie Boys sued for copyright infringement</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/beastie-boys-sued-for-copyright-infringement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/beastie-boys-sued-for-copyright-infringement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 11:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Yauch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beastie Boys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trouble Funk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tuf America]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a move that can probably be filed in the drawer marked &#8216;poor timing&#8217;, it has emerged that The Beastie Boys were hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit on 3 May, the day before the band&#8217;s Adam Yauch died. It&#8217;s all the more unfortunate given that the litigation relates not to recent Beastie Boys output,<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/beastie-boys-sued-for-copyright-infringement/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>MegaUpload chief releases diss track against New Zealand MP</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/megaupload-chief-releases-diss-track-against-new-zealand-mp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/megaupload-chief-releases-diss-track-against-new-zealand-mp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 10:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Schmitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MegaUpload]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, we knew that since being let out of jail, but with no MegaUpload empire left to run, Kim &#8216;Dotcom&#8217; Schmitz had been spending some time in Neil Finn&#8217;s studio in Auckland working on a debut album, and now a track has surfaced online, though it&#8217;s not clear whether it will appear on the final<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/megaupload-chief-releases-diss-track-against-new-zealand-mp/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Virgin Media instigates first British Pirate Bay block</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/virgin-media-instigates-first-british-pirate-bay-block/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/virgin-media-instigates-first-british-pirate-bay-block/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 11:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Everything Everywhere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ISPs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[O2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TalkTalk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Pirate Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Virgin Media has become the first British internet service provider to block access to invariably controversial file-sharing website The Pirate Bay. As previously reported, on Monday the High Court in London passed injunctions, at the request of record label trade body the BPI, ordering five ISPs to instigate blocks against the Bay, so that when<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/virgin-media-instigates-first-british-pirate-bay-block/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dappy charged over petrol station fight</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dappy-charged-over-petrol-station-fight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 11:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dappy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[N-Dubz]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dappy and three other men have been charged with affray in relation to a fight that seemingly took place at a petrol station in Guildford in February. The former N-Dubz star was arrested last month, at which time a Surrey Police spokeswoman explained the incident to reporters, saying: &#8220;Two girls and three men were outside<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dappy-charged-over-petrol-station-fight/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Apple insists FBT case submissions should remain a secret</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/apple-insists-fbt-case-submissions-should-remain-a-secret/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/apple-insists-fbt-case-submissions-should-remain-a-secret/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 10:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eminem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FBT Productions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interscope Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick James]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Zombie]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an interesting side show to the ongoing digital royalties battle in the US record industry, Apple Inc is trying to block various bits of evidence it provided to an earlier trial, including a deposition by the late Steve Jobs, from being made public, or even shared with plaintiffs in newer similar cases. As much<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/apple-insists-fbt-case-submissions-should-remain-a-secret/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Five UK ISPs forced to block access to The Pirate Bay</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/five-uk-isps-forced-to-block-access-to-the-pirate-bay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/five-uk-isps-forced-to-block-access-to-the-pirate-bay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 10:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DEA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Everything Everywhere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[File-Sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geoff Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ISPs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Killock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loz Kaye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[O2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Rights Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TalkTalk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Pirate Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Pirate Party]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The High Court in London yesterday issued orders requiring five internet service providers to block their customers from accessing the always controversial file-sharing search service The Pirate Bay. The court orders were possible thanks to the precedent set in last year&#8217;s Newzbin case, and followed a court ruling earlier this year that confirmed that, under<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/five-uk-isps-forced-to-block-access-to-the-pirate-bay/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>ReDigi insists it is ready to fight EMI over MP3 resale lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/redigi-insists-it-is-ready-to-fight-emi-over-mp3-resale-lawsuit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 10:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capitol Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Adelman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Ossenmacher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meister Seelig & Fein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ray Beckerman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news for fans of complicated court-based copyright law debates, MP3 resale service ReDigi insists it is well resourced to fight the lawsuit being pursued against it by EMI. As previously reported, ReDigi has been sued by the major label for providing a service that enables users to sell on their MP3s to third parties.<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/redigi-insists-it-is-ready-to-fight-emi-over-mp3-resale-lawsuit/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>MegaUpload chief gets back some of his assets</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/megaupload-chief-gets-back-some-of-his-assets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Schmitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MegaUpload]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[MegaUpload founder Kim &#8216;Dotcom&#8217; Schmitz has won back in the region of $750,000 worth of his fortune after a court hearing in New Zealand. The boss of the controversial file-transfer business is currently facing extradition from New Zealand to the US, of course, where he faces charges of money laundering, racketeering and copyright infringement in<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/megaupload-chief-gets-back-some-of-his-assets/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is ReDigi running out of money as it awaits EMI court battle?</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/is-redigi-running-out-of-money-as-it-awaits-emi-court-battle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[EMI]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speculation that controversial MP3 resale service ReDigi wouldn&#8217;t be able to afford to fight its legal battle with EMI is starting to ring true, after lawyers working for the digital start-up filed a motion to withdraw from the case last week. As previously reported, ReDigi is a website that enables music fans to sell unwanted<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/is-redigi-running-out-of-money-as-it-awaits-emi-court-battle/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gomez sued over chorus</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/gomez-sued-over-chorus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Luce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You see, we knew that Selena Gomez would eventually appear in the CMU Daily in her own right, and not just as the other half of the always innovating Justin Bieber (by my maths he&#8217;s had five different hair cuts in the last twelve months alone), and as it turned out, she just needed to<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/gomez-sued-over-chorus/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Google sued over rock artwork</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/google-sued-over-rock-artwork/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jim Marshall]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit over a photo backdrop it used at the launch of its lacklustre Google Music service last year. The estate of the late and legendary rock photographer Jim Marshall (not to be confused with the amp maker of the same name) is suing pop artist Thierry &#8216;Mr Brainwash&#8217; Guetta<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/google-sued-over-rock-artwork/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Britney&#8217;s fiancé now also her legal guardian</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/britneys-fiance-now-also-her-legal-guardian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Britney Spears]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamie Spears]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Trawick]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A US judge has granted Britney Spears&#8217; fiancé Jason Trawick the right to become her legal guardian. He will share the handling of her personal affairs with her father Jamie Spears. Spears senior have been his daughter&#8217;s &#8216;conservator&#8217; since 2008, after a much publicised period of mental distress for the singer which resulted in a<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/britneys-fiance-now-also-her-legal-guardian/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jennifer Hudson faces family members&#8217; alleged killer</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/jennifer-hudson-faces-family-members-alleged-killer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/jennifer-hudson-faces-family-members-alleged-killer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Hudson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Balfour]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Singer Jennifer Hudson appeared in court on Monday as the first witness to testify in the trial of the man accused of murdering her mother, brother and nephew in 2008. As previously reported, the bodies of Hudson&#8217;s mother, Darnell Donerson, and brother, Jason Hudson, were found at the family&#8217;s Chicago home in October 2008. The<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/jennifer-hudson-faces-family-members-alleged-killer/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers in Love&#8217;s latest defamation case request to withdraw</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/lawyers-in-loves-latest-defamation-case-request-to-withdraw/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/lawyers-in-loves-latest-defamation-case-request-to-withdraw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courtney Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordon & Holmes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pryor Cashman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhonda Holmes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lawyers working for Courtney Love on a legal dispute with, erm, her former lawyers, have requested to be removed from the case because of a dispute over unpaid fees. As previously reported, Love was sued by lawyer Rhonda Holmes and her firm Gordon &#38; Holmes over allegations the Hole frontwoman made on Twitter. Holmes had<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/lawyers-in-loves-latest-defamation-case-request-to-withdraw/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jacksons told to give AEG more information in ongoing lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/jacksons-told-to-give-aeg-more-information-in-ongoing-lawsuit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/jacksons-told-to-give-aeg-more-information-in-ongoing-lawsuit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AEG Live]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conrad Murray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katherine Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Jackson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An LA judge has told the mother and children of Michael Jackson that they still need to provide more information relating to their legal claim against AEG Live, which they are suing for hiring Conrad Murray as the late king of pop&#8217;s personal physician. Murray, of course, was found guilty of causing the singer&#8217;s death<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/jacksons-told-to-give-aeg-more-information-in-ongoing-lawsuit/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Australian movie industry fails to force ISP to act on piracy</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/australian-movie-industry-fails-to-force-isp-to-act-on-piracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/australian-movie-industry-fails-to-force-isp-to-act-on-piracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFACT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DMCA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iiNet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neil Gane]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian movie industry&#8217;s long running bid to force internet service providers in the country to act against file-sharing has failed, after a second appeal hearing ruled against it. As previously reported, Aussie film and TV industry group AFACT began legal proceedings against ISP iiNet in 2008, arguing that the net firm knew some of<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/australian-movie-industry-fails-to-force-isp-to-act-on-piracy/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Could technicalities de-rail MegaUpload case?</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/could-technicalities-de-rail-megaupload-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/could-technicalities-de-rail-megaupload-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ira Rothken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Schmitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liam O'Grady]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MegaUpload]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The criminal case against MegaUpload might never get a hearing in court, because the company itself has never been served with criminal papers in the US, very possibly because it can&#8217;t be. This issue was discussed in an American court last week, with the judge overseeing the hearing (which was actually about what to do<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/could-technicalities-de-rail-megaupload-case/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>GEMA scores court win in long running YouTube dispute</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/gema-scores-court-win-in-long-running-youtube-dispute/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/gema-scores-court-win-in-long-running-youtube-dispute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DMCA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GEMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harald Heker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YouTube]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In an interesting development in a long running dispute between Google and the German collecting society GEMA, the web giant might have to step up the way it filters content uploaded to its YouTube video-sharing website in Germany following something of a landmark ruling in the German courts. YouTube and GEMA have been in dispute<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/gema-scores-court-win-in-long-running-youtube-dispute/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Spector sues over property damage</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/spector-sues-over-property-damage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/spector-sues-over-property-damage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lana Clarkson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phil Spector]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Legendary producer Phil Spector, currently in jail for causing the death of one time actress Lana Clarkson at his Beverly Hills home in 2003, is suing the City Of Alhambra, California, for allegedly damaging the property where Clarkson died. According to TMZ, Spector says that the city has commissioned a construction project on the hill<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/spector-sues-over-property-damage/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cohen&#8217;s former manager jailed</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/cohens-former-manager-jailed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/cohens-former-manager-jailed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pop Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelley Lynch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leonard Cohen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Leonard Cohen&#8217;s former manager was jailed for eighteen months yesterday after being found guilty last week of various harassment charges. As previously reported, Cohen fired Kelley Lynch in 2004 amidst allegations she had stolen all of his money, leaving him on the brink of bankruptcy, and forcing him to begin touring again prolifically to raise<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/cohens-former-manager-jailed/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>One Direction won&#8217;t change name</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/one-direction-wont-change-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One Direction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simon Cowell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One Direction &#8211; the UK band off of &#8216;X-Factor&#8217; &#8211; won&#8217;t be changing their name any time soon. That&#8217;s what they say, anyway. It might not be quite so easy, since One Direction &#8211; the US band who no one had heard of until last week but who had the name first &#8211; are still<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/one-direction-wont-change-name/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch Pirate Party sues anti-piracy body over web-block injunction</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dutch-pirate-party-sues-anti-piracy-body-over-web-block-injunction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dutch-pirate-party-sues-anti-piracy-body-over-web-block-injunction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BREIN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Pirate Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Pirate Party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting court battle could be brewing in the Netherlands where anti-piracy group BREIN is trying to uphold the web-block it secured against The Pirate Bay. As previously reported, the Dutch rights group successfully secured a web-block injunction against the rogue file-sharing site in January, having previously convinced a court that the Bay was liable<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dutch-pirate-party-sues-anti-piracy-body-over-web-block-injunction/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mega data hangs in the balance</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/mega-data-hangs-in-the-balance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carpathia Hosting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MegaUpload]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPAA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neil MacBride]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The future of the legitimate files stored on the shut down MegaUpload servers is still hanging in the balance after the judge overseeing a court hearing on the matter last week called on all interested parties to try and reach a mutually acceptable compromise. As previously reported, when the US authorities shut down the MegaUpload<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/mega-data-hangs-in-the-balance/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecution object to Mega&#8217;s choice of lawyer</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/prosecution-object-to-megas-choice-of-lawyer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Schapiro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DMCA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Schmitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MegaUpload]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viacom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YouTube]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[US prosecutors have complained about the legal representation chosen by MegaUpload and its boss Kim &#8216;Dotcom&#8217; Schmitz to defend the company and its former management against the copyright infringement, money laundering and racketeering charges they face. As previously reported, Mega&#8217;s existing legal team last week announced they were hiring celebrity lawyer Andrew Schapiro. He&#8217;s an<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/prosecution-object-to-megas-choice-of-lawyer/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Prince ordered to pay $4 million in damages to perfume company</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/prince-ordered-to-pay-4-million-in-damages-to-perfume-company/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/prince-ordered-to-pay-4-million-in-damages-to-perfume-company/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Prince]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revelations Perfume And Cosmetics Inc]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prince was ordered to pay just under $4 million to a perfume company on Friday after a judge upheld an earlier court ruling that the singer made false promises to the perfume maker, which resulted in the firm investing millions into making a Prince-based perfume the pop star had no intention to help promote. As<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/prince-ordered-to-pay-4-million-in-damages-to-perfume-company/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Former Cohen manager found guilty of harassment</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/former-cohen-manager-found-guilty-of-harassment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/former-cohen-manager-found-guilty-of-harassment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kelley Lynch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leonard Cohen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Leonard Cohen&#8217;s former business manager was found guilty of various harassment charges on Thursday, and could now face up to five years in prison. As previously reported, the singer was among those to testify against Kelley Lynch, who once managed Cohen&#8217;s affairs, but who was fired in 2004 amidst allegations she had stolen millions of<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/former-cohen-manager-found-guilty-of-harassment/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>US band sues Syco over One Direction name</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/us-band-sues-syco-over-one-direction-name/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/us-band-sues-syco-over-one-direction-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One Direction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sony Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, an &#8216;X-Factor&#8217; created band embroiled in a name dispute, that seems faintly familiar, doesn&#8217;t it? But this time the dispute is in America, where another band called One Direction are suing Sony Music and its Syco division over the use of the moniker by the &#8216;X&#8217; created boy band sensations who, as previously reported,<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/us-band-sues-syco-over-one-direction-name/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Footage of the Mega raid has disappeared</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/footage-of-the-mega-raid-has-disappeared/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/footage-of-the-mega-raid-has-disappeared/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MegaUpload]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a new twist in the ongoing MegaUpload saga, security camera footage of the raid on the home of the rogue file-transfer site&#8217;s founder might have been lost, which is convenient for the New Zealand police, because Kim &#8216;Dotcom&#8217; Schmitz is planning on filing a complaint to the Independent Police Conduct Authority. As previously reported,<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/footage-of-the-mega-raid-has-disappeared/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Britney&#8217;s fiancé applies to be her legal guardian, say reports</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/britneys-fiance-applies-to-be-her-legal-guardian-say-reports/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Births Marriage & Divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Britney Spears]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to People magazine, Britney Spears&#8217; fiancé Jason Trawick has applied to become her legal guardian. Aw, that&#8217;s cute/creepy. And I suppose it makes that whole &#8220;love, honour and obey&#8221; thing easier to enforce if your partner is already legally bound to do what you say. Marriage, eh? I think some context is probably required<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/britneys-fiance-applies-to-be-her-legal-guardian-say-reports/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>MegaUpload asks courts for access to seized funds</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/megaupload-asks-courts-for-access-to-seized-funds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Schmitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MegaUpload]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPAA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawyers for MegaUpload formally complained to the American courts on Friday about the US government&#8217;s refusal to give the accused company access to its seized assets in order to fund a defence against the copyright infringement, money laundering and racketeering charges that have been made against the firm. Although the Hong Kong courts allowed some<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/megaupload-asks-courts-for-access-to-seized-funds/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lil Wayne entourage attack photographer&#8217;s bike</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pop Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lil Wayne]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lil Wayne&#8217;s entourage are accused of threatening a photographer and attacking his bike with a skateboard. According to TMZ, tensions rose when a snapper started photographing Wayne and his posse as they skateboarded outside a church in Miami Beach (reportedly the skating was taking place near a &#8216;no skateboarding&#8217; sign, which is possibly why the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/lil-wayne-entourage-attack-photographers-bike/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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