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A U.S. federal court has issued an injunction to stop the LimeWire file-sharing service, which allowed users to share songs and other files over the Internet. The Lime Group was found liable of copyright infringement in May.

Is iTunes Ping, the latest in music-based social media, nothing more than an excuse by Apple to get students to spend more? In September, Apple announced iTunes Ping -- a new social media network for people who like music. It's an experiment similar to Lala.com, the music store website that was...

If you like music, or had an address in the late '90's, you probably have a collection of old CD's sitting unappreciated and unused in a corner of the closet. Whether it's Aerosmith's Greatest Hits or a few of the estimated 1 billion AOL CDs that were mailed out, we want to make sure that they...

For many rap and hip-hop artists, behind all the trash talk and posturing, it's all about business. Forbes recently released its Hip Hop Cash Kings list, and the 20 big names on it racked up a total of about $300 million, despite the weak economy and the Internet revolution that is killing the CD business.

Hip-hop pays well, very well, at least for Jay-Z. Forbes reports Jay-Z racked up $63 million in the past year -- owing about $22 million in federal and state taxes, a sum greater than the total earnings of every rapper and hip-hop mogul besides second-ranked Diddy.

If you're in the market for some Pink Floyd albums, you'd better hit your local record store, and quick. Pink Floyd albums such as "The Wall" or "Animals" have been pulled from digital retailers like iTunes and Amazon's MP3 store because EMI's contract covering those albums expired June 30. The...

The music of the Beatles won't be on iTunes or other Internet outlets in the near future, according to John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono. Apple Corps, the Beatles' holding company, has not managed to agree on terms with EMI Group, the company that licenses the group's recordings, Reuters reported....

Increasingly, shows such as Gossip Girl, America's Next Top Model and Pretty Little Liars are incorporating songs into their scenes and then featuring them in online playlists. It may seem like a minor promotion, but for some bands, the results have been nothing short of astounding.

Publicity stunt or penny-pinching? That's the question being asked about Dollar Tree's decision to discontinue playing music in its 3,899 stores. In response to customer complaints on its Facebook page, Dollar Tree explained the decision to remove music from its store: "... keeping our expenses...

The distinctive flute riff in the band Men at Work's biggest hit, "Down Under," will cost the Australian musicians 5% of its royalties earned since 2002 after a judge ordered the band to pay up in a copyright infringement lawsuit. A Sydney judge had previously ruled that the riff was copied from...