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Jury rules Minn. woman violated copyright in download case; awards industry $1.92 million. A replay of the nation's only file-sharing case to go to trial has ended with the same result ? a Minnesota woman was found to have violated music copyrights and must pay huge damages to the recording industry.

LONDON (Reuters) - British cable TV operator Virgin Media is to launch an unlimited music download subscription service through a partnership with the world's largest music company, Universal.

British firm Virgin Media and Universal Music Group announced Monday plans for what they said will be the world's first unlimited downloadable online music subscription service.

Minn. woman who lost in first US music downloading trial gets a replay with aggressive lawyers. The Minnesota woman who became the nation's only music file-sharing defendant so far to go to trial is getting a replay two years after losing the case.

Minn woman who lost in first US music downloading trial gets a replay with aggressive lawyers. The Minnesota woman who became the nation's only music file-sharing defendant so far to go to trial is getting a replay two years after losing the case.

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Resplendent in a pink sequined micro-mini and fingerless gold gloves, Paulina Rubio shimmied her way through her first performance of her new single, "Causa y Efecto," at the Billboard Latin Music Awards in April. Setting off a stadium-style wave by the dancers and drummers onstage with a flick of her wrist, Rubio presented herself as a woman in command, ready to launch yet another hit album.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sony Corp's Sony Music Entertainment will join the online music video service being developed by Google Inc's YouTube and Universal Music Group.

Sony joins Vevo music video site, taking equity stake; other labels in talks. Recording company Sony Music Entertainment has joined Vevo, an online music video site due to launch this year with the backing of Universal Music Group and YouTube.

Cher sues Universal Music Group over royalties she says are owed her and Sonny Bono's heirs. Cher has sued Universal Music Group, claiming the company owes her and Sonny Bono's heirs more than $5 million.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Cher has sued Universal Music Group, claiming that the label's creative accounting has shortchanged her and the heirs of her late ex-husband, Sonny Bono, to the tune of $5 million.

LONDON (Billboard) - Never mind the bullocks, indeed -- Johnny Rotten and some stampeding cows have started a rush toward punk advertising in the United Kingdom.

DETROIT (Billboard) - Bo is gone. But his beat goes on.

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rapper Jay-Z is close to signing a deal that will bring his future recordings to Sony, sources told Billboard.

Recording companies sue Spaniard over free music downloads on Internet. Recording companies went to court Tuesday claiming euro13 million ($17.5 million) from a Spaniard they accuse of profiting from computer programs he designed to allow free music downloads over the Internet.

MySpace tries to help itself and the record industry by blazing through online music `jungle'. In 2004, when MySpace was still getting going, recording label executive Courtney Holt noticed that musicians were using the Web site to connect more intimately with their fans, through detailed blogs and behind-the-scenes photos. So Holt arranged to meet MySpace's founders.

MySpace tries to help itself and the record industry by blazing through online music `jungle'. In 2004, when MySpace was still getting going, recording label executive Courtney Holt noticed that musicians were using the Web site to connect more intimately with their fans, through detailed blogs and behind-the-scenes photos. So Holt arranged to meet MySpace's founders.

MySpace tries to help itself and the record industry by blazing through online music `jungle'. In 2004, when MySpace was still getting going, recording label executive Courtney Holt noticed that musicians were using the Web site to connect more intimately with their fans, through detailed blogs and behind-the-scenes photos. So Holt arranged to meet MySpace's founders.

YouTube boosts lineup of full-length movies, TV shows in partnership with some major studios. Google Inc.'s YouTube said Thursday it is vastly expanding its library of full-length movies and TV shows it offers online, while also launching a new advertising service and adding about a dozen new content partners.

YouTube has reached agreement with Sony Pictures and other Hollywood studios to show full-length movies and television shows on the video-sharing website, leading technology blogs reported.

YouTube announced partnerships with Sony Pictures and other Hollywood studios and rolled out new platforms to feature television shows and full-length movies.