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Experts: Jackson Case Now a Full Criminal Probe
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All About Jazz
“This is about building a criminal case, not cause of death," lawyer says.
The odd array of evidence police collected from Michael Jacksons personal physicians clinic and storage unit shows authorities are trying to follow a trail of drugs and looking into the doctors record keeping as they attempt to unravel what led to the pop stars death.
Search warrants targeting Dr. Conrad Murrays Houston clinic and his storage unit mean authorities have moved into a full-fledged criminal investigation, looking ...
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Survey Shows Pirates Can Become Paying Fans
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HypeBot
A new Interpret research report on the music consumption behaviors of “illegal" downloaders shows that while downloading can't be eradicated, there are steps that the industry can take to get downloaders to pay for music and even become assets to record labels and artists. “Illegal downloaders have been a source of frustration for the music industry for over a decade, but they are willing to pay for music. Consumers downloading illegally want their music however they ...
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St. Louis Jazz Cafe Closes
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Kevin Johnson is reporting today in a blog post that the St. Louis Jazz Cafe has closed, effective immediately. The club, located downtown at 1500 St. Charles in the Terra Cotta Lofts building, had been open for just four months.Operation manager Tim Simms is quoted in Johnson's story saying that although the abrupt timing of the shutdown was due to noise complaints from neighbors - the Terra Cotta Lofts is a residential building - ...
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The Artist as a Startup and Label as a Venture Fund
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HypeBot
Is A New Model Emerging?
During the panel that I was a part of at yesterday's New Music Seminar, we briefly floated the idea of the artist as a start-up company. Not only is there value in thinking of an artist's career (or any career for that matter) as a business and embracing an entrepreneurial spirit, but perhaps artist and record funding should become more start-up like as well.
Instead of the old label model where a large ...
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L.A. County Coroner's Staff Improperly Viewed Michael Jackson's Death Certificate
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Michael Ricci
Los Angeles County coroners officials said today that they have looked into security breaches involving the investigation of Michael Jacksons death, including hundreds of improper views of the pop stars death certificate.
Also the discovery of weaknesses in two other computer systems in which more sensitive records were stored. At least a half-dozen coroners staff members were among those who inappropriately accessed Jacksons death certificate, officials said today. Within two weeks of his death, the certificate had been viewed more ...
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Possible Criminal Aspects in Michael Jackson Memorial Security Probe
Source:
Michael Ricci
Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich today told the City Council that his inquiry into the city's role in the Michael Jackson memorial may possibly have unearthed some “criminal aspects.”
“Our investigation has taken an unanticipated turn that raises both civil and criminal aspects,” Trutanich told the council.
He said only that his office's investigators continue to review the matter and interview witnesses. He declined to elaborate on the details of the investigation.
Trutanich launched an inquiry into the chain ...
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Manslaughter Probed in Michael Jackson Case
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Michael Ricci
Police look for evidence of manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death, attorney says. A search warrant executed today at the Houston offices of Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's personal doctor, indicates that authorities are investigating “the offense of manslaughter" in relation to the pop star's death.
The statement by attorney Edward Chernoff is the strongest indication yet that investigators are considering serious criminal charges against anyone connected with Jackson's sudden death June 25.
We can confirm that a search warrant was ...
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Jackson Browne, Republicans Settle Copyright Case
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Billboard Magazine
Jackson Browne is hopeful that the protection of music copyrights will be bolstered by the settlement of his lawsuit against U.S. Sen. John McCain and the Republican Party over unauthorized use of one of his songs in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign. Last August Browne sued McCain, the Ohio Republican Party and the Republican National Committee for copyright infringement, false endorsement and violating his right of publicity after his 1977 hit “Running On Empty" was used without permission in a ...
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