Judge Forbids Musician's Use of 'The Platters' Name After 40 Years of Lawsuits
Eriq Gardner When bands split up and reform with new members, custody of the band name often becomes sticky. Here's one example. read more
Go Crazy!: Strategies for Independent Bookstores
Go Crazy! Strategies for Independent Bookstores Make Book War Ugly Through Deterrence Strategies Part 12 of the 36-part “Book Wars” series of articles by David . . .
Judge Denies Initial Effort To Shut Down 'Used' Digital Music Seller ReDigi
Eriq Gardner The recording industry's lawsuit over what it believes to be a "clearinghouse for copyright infringement" continues after the defendant wins the first round. read more
Fight Over Who Owns 'Raging Bull' Carried Up To Ninth Circuit Appeals Court
Eriq Gardner An author's heir argues that Martin Scorcese and Robert De Niro could be witnesses in a case over whether rights to the film reverted to the owner of allegedly underlying material. read more
Beware quick-fix technology
Whenever a new gadget is touted as a miracle solution to all your problems, beware.Last week, the Ottawa Police Association floated the idea of equipping officers with body-mounted cameras. Among the main reasons offered is that having footage of everyone the police interact with would cut down on frivolous lawsuits over police conduct. The safety of the general public, who would be paying for ...
How America made its children crazy
Now we know that computers don't help children learn and that drugs don't help them concentrate, because the establishment mandarins who sold us the computers and drugs have conceded failure.
Marlon Brando Estate Gets $356,000 to End Lawsuit Over Furniture Dispute
Eriq Gardner Ashley Furniture learns the hard way that using famed actors' names like 'Brando' and 'Bogart' to name couches isn't comfortable. read more
Courtney Love Contains Multitudes: One Woman, Two Dueling Twitter Accounts
Courtney Love, not tweeting. In addition to her @Courtney Twitter account, sometimes a source of entertainment, consternation and lawsuits , kaleidoscopic rock queen Courtney Love has a second, private and much more personal account on the microblogging site: @Cbabymichelle . "Personal" as in Cbabymichelle is actually written by Ms. Love and not an assistant. According to former Radar Magazine ...
Creditors, Guilds Move to Liquidate Five Former David Bergstein Companies
Alex Ben Block The groups aim to recover up to $120 million, through recovery of assets, as well as lawsuits against any parties who are found to have acted fraudulently. read more
