Los Angeles - The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced on Wednesday that a federal court has ruled in its favor in a copyright infringement lawsuit it filed against Usenet.com. [more..]

Los Angeles - Michael Jackson has sold a record 2.6 million digital songs in one week, up from 48,000 a week ago, according to sales data compiled by SoundScan. [more..]

Nashville, Tenn. - MCS Music America, a company that provides administration and manages copyrights for some 45,000 music tracks, has filed copyright infringement claims against Yahoo, Microsoft and RealNetworks, alleging the companies did not obtain all the proper permissions for using its tracks on their service, Techdirt reported. [more..]

Los Angeles - A number of former college football players have filed suit against Electronic Arts, alleging the company included their likenesses in its "NCAA Football" video games without permission, GamePolitics reported. [more..]

San Francisco - The founders of gadget news blogs Gizmodo and Engadget have teamed to launch GDGT, a gadget-focused online social network. [more..]

Stockholm, Sweden - An investigation has been launched into suspected insider trading of shares in Sweden-based Global Gaming Factory, following irregular volume was seen a week before the company acquired file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay for $7.8 million, TorrentFreak reported. [more..]

Los Angeles - Start-up companies focusing on developing applications for Apple's iPhone have raised $102.49 million in venture capital over the past two years, according to data compiled by the blog ChubbyBrain. [more..]

New York - Rainbow Media's AMC cable TV network announced that it has acquired two movie-related websites, Filmcritic.com and Filmsite.org. [more..]

San Bruno, Calif. - YouTube co-founder and chief technology officer Steve Chen has stepped down to take an unspecified position at parent company Google, All Things D reported. [more..]

San Francisco - Tim Westergren, founder and CEO of streaming music service Pandora, has responded to complaints about the company's new requirement that independent artists first list a CD for sale on Amazon before they are eligible for play on Pandora, Hypebot reports. [more..]

Los Angeles - Major record label Sony Music Entertainment and its RED Distribution arm are in talks to partner with IODA, a provider of digital distribution services for independent artists, Digital Music News reported. [more..]

San Francisco - Yahoo's Flickr photo-sharing site has launched a new feature that lets users easily post Flick photos to their Twitter accounts. [more..]

Los Angeles - Hype Machine, an aggregator of music based on coverage and buzz generated on blogs, has made changes to its chart of popular songs after it found allege manipulation of some of the placements. [more..]

Kirkland, Wash. - 1Cast, the provider of a video news aggregation service for smartphones and the Web, said on Wednesday that it has added programming from Al Jazeera English and Fox Business Network to its service. [more..]

New York - Lime Wire, a provider of peer-to-peer file-sharing software and an online media store, announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with online CD retailer CD Baby. [more..]