Washington - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a complaint in a California federal court against BurnLounge, alleging the digital music store is in fact an illegal pyramid scheme. [more..]

Los Angeles - AT&T has partnered with Hollywood movie studios and record labels to develop anti-piracy technology for deployment on its broadband networks, the Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday. [more..]

London - Sony said it will aggressively pursue legal action against anyone discovered hacking the security software on its PlayStation 3 so it will play pirated games, GamesIndustry.biz reported. [more..]

Stockholm - The first Swede convicted of copyright infringement for illegal music file-sharing has lost his appeal before the country's Appellate Court, Reuters reported. [more..]

London - U.K.-based social networking service Bebo announced on Wednesday an agreement that will allows its English and Irish users to purchase and download songs from Apple's iTunes Store directly from artists' profiles on Bebo, the Financial Times reported. [more..]

Towson, Md. - In a move underscoring the continuing integration of newspapers and the Internet, The New York Times has hired a 21-year-old whose blog -- called TVNewser -- has became a staple for TV executives, The Baltimore Sun reported on Wednesday. [more..]

Westford, Mass. - Aylus Networks, a provider of multimedia sharing technology for mobile networks, has raised $15 million in its second round of venture capital, led by the company's original investors, Matrix Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners. [more..]

Mumbai, India - Kreeda Games, an India-based publisher of massively multiplayer online games, has raised "less than $10 million" in new financing, from IDG Ventures and SoftBank China & India Holdings, India Times reported. [more..]

Waltham, Mass. - PermissionTV, a provider of interactive Internet video technology, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $9 million in a new round of funding, co-led by Castile Ventures and Point Judith Capital. [more..]

London - Openads, the developer of a free, open-source ad server for online publishers, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $5 million in its first round of financing, led by Index Ventures. [more..]

Blogger phenom Peter Rojas joins tastemaker Downtown Records to form an online-only music label that will offer free ad-supported music and editorial content.  Does it mark the beginning of a larger movement in the space? 

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CNET made an "announcement" about a new professional video game league today.  DMW was on it in December... [more..]

Washington - Days after the opening of the FCC's public comment period for the proposed merger of satellite radio providers XM and Sirius, the companies on Wednesday published ads in DC-area publications highlighting support of the deal from several consumer groups. [more..]

Tokyo - Sony may ship up to 600,000 of its next-generation Blu-ray Disc players in the U.S. this year, up from the less than 100,000 units it shipped in 2006, Bloomberg reported. [more..]

Reston, Va. - comScore, a provider of Internet audience measurement services, said on Wednesday that it has launched a new service to track the usage of widgets -- free-standing programs typically displayed in small viewing panes on blogs, social networking sites and other personalized pages. [more..]

London - Major record label EMI has signed another deal to distribute digital tracks from from digital rights management (DRM) restrictions, this time with Tennessee-based PassAlong Networks. [more..]

London - U.K.-based digital music service 7digital has announced a re-launch of its service, which includes EMI's catalog and a total of nearly 1 million of its 2 million track library in MP3 format. [more..]

London - Omnifone, a U.K.-based mobile music firm, on Wednesday announced the launch of its MusicStation unlimited full-track mobile music service, with the arrival of MusicStation handsets at retail and signing of international licensing agreements with all four major record labels. [more..]

San Francisco - Sonific, a provider of licensed music widgets and free music applications for social media, on Wednesday launched the Sonific Music Network, which lets any record label or artist add their music to Sonific's catalog and make their own streaming music widgets. [more..]

Los Angeles - News Corp.'s MySpace and modeling agency Ford Models on Wednesday announced a partnership whereby the Ford Models Supermodel of the World model search will be hosted on MySpace. [more..]

Menlo Park, Calif. - Sparter on Wednesday announced the public beta release of its online exchange that lets gamers trade virtual currencies for a range of massively multiplayer online games directly with one another. [more..]

Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts on Wednesday announced the tracklisting for its upcoming "SKATE" title, which includes 45 songs from artists including David Bowie, Nirvana and N.W.A., as well as 18 exclusive tracks from producer XXXChange, skater Tommy Guerrero and other DJs. [more..]