Master P Tapped For Udub Digital Label

Udub! Music has announced that Percy “Master P” Miller has been appointed President of the new digital hip-hop label. Joining the label’s advisory board are Ernie Singleton and Jimmy Rosemond, and DJ Clue has been tapped for A&R. A division of Los Angeles-based digital entertainment content provider UrbanWorld Wireless (UWW), Udub! Music is building an R&B/hip-hop roster that includes West Coast rapper 40...

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RIAA Lobbying Congress For Increase In Statutory Damages For Copyright Infringement

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is lobbying to amplify the current statutory damages allowed under copyright law. Using the issue of compilations, which are treated as a single work, the RIAA wants each copied track to count as a separate act of infringement. What does this mean? That if someone is caught illegally downloading a complilation CD of let’s say 10 tracks they could be theoretically fined $1.5...

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