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Cal State Senate is probing further into major label accounting practices: The state Senate has widened its probe of music industry accounting practices and is investigating whether major record companies defrauded artists out of royalties through undisclosed licensing deals with record clubs and video channels. The Senate Rules Committee in …

Per Billboard: The U.S. Copyright Office has rejected a request by members of Led Zeppelin to renew the copyright for its 1973 Atlantic album “Houses of the Holy,” listing the band as owners, Billboard Bulletin reports. Instead, the Office gave the renewal to Atlantic, which has held the copyright since …

Apparently this service really works: Shazam is a brand new service which tags music over your mobile phone anywhere in the UK. Just hit 2580 on your mobile and hold your mobile phone towards the music for 15 seconds after the tone. We will then end the call and you …

On August 12, Texas singer-songwriter Michelle Mayfield wrote a now-famous open letter to her fans: A Letter to My Fans; Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 Dear Fans and Friends, First of all, I want to thank all of you for your continued support of me and my music. I have …

Joanne Jacobs has a great new site design, URL, and a hilarious post on a misguided attempt by a Guardian writer to understand country music and the “American mind”: Umm . . . He can hear all that — obesity, hat, mustache, ponytail — on his car radio? Those Brits …

The sainted KPIG reutrns to the cyberwaves: Praise the lard: fans of hammy puns and progressive music outside the Santa Cruz metro area can rejoice, as KPIG has returned to the Internet airwaves. The tiny station–which, through its pioneering use of the Internet, reached an audience far beyond its signal …

One of our own Blogcritics, Dave Weinberger on “Blowing Copyright“: I realized what I actually believe. (Took me long enough.) “Look,” I said, “I know my argument isn’t coherent. I can’t defend the things I’m saying. But, I haven’t really said what matters to me. I’m not looking for free …

All of the Internet is breathing more easily after a judge dismissed BT’s claim to have a patent on hyperlinks: U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon awarded Prodigy its motion for summary judgment to have the case dismissed, saying that no jury could find that Prodigy infringes BT’s patent. The ruling …

Edward Cone discusses blogger Tara Sue Grubb, who is running against Rep. Howard Coble as being in the pocket of the entertainment industry: One person who opposes the digital vigilante bill is Tara Sue Grubb, the Libertarian candidate opposing Coble in the November election (there is no Democratic candidate). A …

Liquid Audio has cash but hardly any business; some investors want the cash back: Liquid Audio, a Redwood City digital distribution company, had only $150,000 in revenue but managed to lose $5.6 million last quarter. Its main asset: A pile of cash. Its stock price Friday was $2.40. Liquid Audio …