Category: Recording Industry

[b]Sony spyware boss ‘promoted’ [/b] p2p news / p2pnet: Following Sony BMG’s SunnComm/First 4r Internet spyware DRM disaster, ex-Sony BMG

[b]A Murder, Inc. Confession?[/b] Feds want to use DEA interview against rap label exec NOVEMBER 14–Prosecutors in the Murder, Inc.

[b] Canadians hit by Sony DRM[/b] p2p news / p2pnet: Canadian Sony BMG customers who thought they’d escaped the company’s

[b]FCC Plans Payola Investigation[/b] Settlement May Reflect Broad Violation, Commissioner Says By Arshad Mohammed Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, August 9, 2005; Page D02 The Federal Communications Commission said yesterday it would investigate Sony BMG Music Entertainment’s payola settlement with New York state to see whether anyone involved broke the FCC’s pay-for-play rules, which can bring civil fines of up to $32,500 per violation. Sony BMG last month agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations by New York Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer that some of its workers lavished cash, trips and other bribes on radio stations to get its music on the air. FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin said he was “very concerned” about the activities that gave rise to Spitzer’s investigation and ordered the commission’s enforcement bureau to study the Sony BMG agreement for “evidence of payola violations.”

[b]Sony BMG near settlement over radio tactics – NYT[/b] Sat Jul 23, 2005 10:15 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) –

Feature [b]Tommy Mottola Faces The Music[/b] From the March 3, 2003 issue of New York Magazine. Why was Tommy Mottola—the

[b]Sony Music Mogul Dragged into HealthSouth Scandal[/b] It came to light this week (August 7, 5:37 a.m.) that HealthSouth directors

[b]Sony Music Mogul Dragged into HealthSouth Scandal[/b] It came to light this week (August 7, 5:37 a.m.) that HealthSouth directors

Guardian Unlimited reports that record companies shouldn’t rely on the stamping out of file sharing to plug their financial gaps.

Here’s the latest from TCS: [quote]The Author, Consumer, and Computer Owner Protection and Security Act (ACCOPS) is the latest congressional