Four men linked to The Pirate Bay, one of the worlds biggest free file-sharing websites, were each jailed for a year on Friday for breaching copyright and ordered to pay 30 million Swedish crowns (3.58 million) in compensation.
International trade body IFPI reported earlier this year that about 95 percent of music downloaded in 2008 was illegal.
Its no American Idol or Dancing With the Stars in terms of ratings. But it is an 11-time Emmy winner.
And while the perennial reality-TV champ hasnt broached the 20 million mark as some of itscompetitors have, the consistently entertaining show is no slouch. The Amazing Race is averaging 10.9 million viewers per episode this season in its Sunday-night-at-8 slot.
As John Travolta and Kelly Preston have been piecing their lives back together since the untimely death of their son, Jett, Bahamian prosecutors have been busily piecing together a case against the duo accused of trying to profit from their loss.
Travolta was named as a witness earlier in the investigation, but no word yet on whether hell take the stand during the trial.
“One Tree Hill” actor Antwon Tanner has pleaded not guilty to involvement in a Social Security scheme.
Tanner and his lawyer declined to comment.
Tanner appeared in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Thursday on charges of selling Social Security numbers and cards. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.
The Tribeca Film Festival opens on Wednesday, dampened by a U.S. recession that cut the movie slate by nearly a third, but organizers chose more upbeat films in a bid to cheer moviegoers.
“In challenging times, people like to go to the movies and we have tried to program lighter fare so people can have a few more laughs,” Rosenthal told Reuters in a interview with Oscar-winning actor De Niro before the eighth annual festival.
The 14-year-old son of rock singer John Mellencamp has won a division title in the Indiana Golden Gloves boxing tournament.
Nine other open-division winners will represent Indiana in the national Golden Gloves tournament May 4-10 in Salt Lake City.
Hud Mellencamp, who boxes for the Indy Police Athletic League, earned a 4-1 decision over Cody Bennett of the Southpaw Boxing Club of Owensboro, Ky.
Jurors in Miami continue deliberating in the tax evasion trial of Brazilian race car driver Helio Castroneves and his two co-defendants.
Castroneves is charged with conspiring with his sister and lawyer to evade more than $2.3 million in U.S. income taxes. All three face more than six years in prison if convicted of conspiracy and tax evasion between 1999 and 2004.
Chinese piano wizard Lang Lang says he brings music back to life. And if sponsorships help his reincarnations reach a younger, hipper audience, hes for them.
“Every time you play a piece its like you bring a life, a new life, and when the last note finishes its disappeared.”
“Its a very special moment that I try first to connect to the music and be as the bridge between the music which already exists and the piano, and to bring this music again from underground to reality,” the 26-year-old Lang told Reuters.
He’s still got a little work to do on the economy, but already President Barack Obama has accomplished at least one task that had appeared all but impossible just a year ago: He’s put The Dead back on the road.
After Lesh, who had never publicly supported a presidential candidate, threw his lot in with Obama, he was anxious to do a benefit concert for him.
After a recent performance at the Flamingo Hotel, Marie and Donny Osmond pose for pictures and sign autographs for a group of eager fans, just as they do every night.
Besides her Vegas gig, a TV talk show debuting next fall, and an upcoming album, Osmond’s written another memoir “Might As Well Laugh About it Now,” in which she manages to recall such difficult memories as the heartache of two divorces and her struggles with weight.