This is why the DMCA makes zero sense for the creative community, yet perfect sense for everyone else.  Every other day it seems, there’s another gray area of content theft, and the idea that rights owners can police this activity with one-off takedown notices is simply ridiculous. Take the pay-for-click space, a concept that pays…

Ready for a collaboration between Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars, ?uestlove, will.i.am, and Cleveland Brown? Yes, that Cleveland Brown. As Entertainment Weekly points out, Kanye, Questo, and company are set to appear in the long-awaited episode of The Cleveland Show entitled “Menace II Secret Society.” The poster for the season premiere has been revealed…

We spent the weekend analyzing recent CD sales drops, while attempting to answer one question: When does the disc finally die? The question is difficult for a number of reasons. The format is obviously in decline, though actual declines themselves vary per year. That said, most year-over-year dips are in the double-digit percentages. During the…

Set your calendars, folks… Clear Channel has just announced its line-up for its second annual, two-day 2012 IHeartRadio Music Festival, taking place Sept. 21 and 22 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, with tickets available at Ticketmaster beginning tthis Saturday (7.14) at 1 p.m. (ET). Taylor Swift tops the line-up, which also includes Aerosmith,…