Ticketmaster Buys 25% Share In iLike Music Recommendation Service

Ticketmaster has taken a 25 percent stake in iLike, a music recommendation service, for $13.3 million. Ticketmaster, a division of InterActiveCorp, will provide consumers with services intended to drive ticket sales. iLike is a new service by GarageBand. The company is run by Ali and Hadi Partovi, twin brothers with over a decade of success as entrepreneurs. More information on...

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RIAA Finally Drops Santangelo Infringement Case

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has finally dropped its case against Patricia Santangelo, a sympathetic defendant and single mother. The RIAA will now shift its legal attention towards the Santangelo children, according to recently-filed federal court papers. (Very nice RIAA – one step forward, two steps back –Ed.) The trade group had originally targeted Santangelo for illegally uploading copyrighted...

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