RIAA Defendant, Deborah Foster, Wants Payback
Former RIAA defendant, Deborah Foster, is continuing her quest for an award of attorney’s fees, a development that will have major implications for the music trade organization if she succeeds. Deborah Foster was mistakenly targeted by the RIAA for uploading several copyrighted music files, though the case was later dropped and shifted to Deborah’s daughter Amanda, the actual infringer. Deborah was the owner of the...
Tower Records Announces Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Tower Records has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Talk of the filing increased in industry circles as Tower recently failed to fulfill its financial obligations to record labels that extended credit or product to the retailer. Tower’s filing with the court remarked, “the brick-and-mortar specialty music retail industry has suffered substantial deterioration recently…this process, which is...






