table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEwxzPMvfMa6OIzJO27XkbM84C_4gamp;url=http://www.music-news.com/shownews.asp?H%3DSister-Sledge-sue-label-for-digital-royalties%26nItemID%3D48535img src=//nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/A2opYHraJ_53rM/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2Music News/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top font style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNGk0_97PiaANqlb9A7Y-UoqWrM7wgamp;url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/sister-sledge-files-class-action-286903bSister Sledge Files Class Action Against Warner Music Over Digital Royalties b.../b/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fHollywood Reporter/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1b.../b quot;licensesquot; on songs such as the band#39;s chart-topping quot;We Are Familyquot; cheats artists out of money due to them under recording contracts, many of them signed decades before music was sold digitally via iTunes, Amazon, bringtones/b and other outlets./fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNFVCmnFGWa-7VUHmmnbWOC1IjTTmwamp;url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118049716.htmlSister Sledge, Ronee Blakely sue WMG/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrVariety/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dn6r6hWNKdC5yyM-aoayf5sOWck6Mamp;ned=usnobrball 25 news articlesnbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top font style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNFWcwzo1NOLgpcv8Yvd5OpwB3QCWwamp;url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2012/01/b-o-b-producers-sued-over-%25E2%2580%259Cairplanes%25E2%2580%259D-song/bBoB Producers Sued Over “Airplanes” Song/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fXXLMAG.COM/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1In addition to copyright infringement, she is suing for unfair competition, unjust enrichment and failure to account for monies derived from sampling and any other usage of the song. This includes sales from bringtones/b, CDs and all digital sales derived b.../b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dDJIvztywdquJxMamp;ned=usnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNG1sLZs-3wacpeXiRPP7q_DFZ0GRQamp;url=http://allhiphop.com/2012/01/26/exclusive-songwriter-sues-over-b-o-bs-hit-single-airplanes/img src=//nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/k8349FVKNNMKIM/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2AllHipHop/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top font style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNG1sLZs-3wacpeXiRPP7q_DFZ0GRQamp;url=http://allhiphop.com/2012/01/26/exclusive-songwriter-sues-over-b-o-bs-hit-single-airplanes/bExclusive: Songwriter Sues Over B.o.B#39;s Hit Single quot;Airplanesquot;/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fAllHipHop/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1Dominguez is seeking revenues derived from CDs, digital sales, bringtones/b, ringbacks and other sources of potential income from “Airplanes.” BoB is not named in the lawsuit, just the producers. BoB./fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dyifRhZ9hYUflBMamp;ned=usnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNFCUVNYnxGs01MrcqMh4dwsipVFowamp;url=http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/incoming/2012/01/26/technology-piracy-the-bane-of-artistsimg src=//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/KANlWKd3YxWJuM/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2Sowetan/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top font style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNFCUVNYnxGs01MrcqMh4dwsipVFowamp;url=http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/incoming/2012/01/26/technology-piracy-the-bane-of-artistsbTechnology, piracy the bane of artists/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fSowetan/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1quot;Sales of CDs are down, but Vodacom and MTN have been offering people bring tones/b from different artists. That way, artists get some royalties but we will not how much they used to make from the sale of their CDs. Artists must learn about different b.../b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d2nPdYgIO6RTsiMamp;ned=usnobrb/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table