The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of TV broadcasters against Aereo. In a 6-3 decision, the high court led by Justice Stephen Breyer determined that Aereo publicly performs copyrighted work and has reversed the 2nd Circuit holding. The case has now been remanded, where the broadcasters look primed to score an injunction that…

One of the things that frequently happens when building your own studio in your basement or garage is that you construct it to get as much isolation as possible, then realize that the temperature inside always hovers around tropic-level heat, even while the weather is below zero outside. That’s because the last thing that most…

Frank Ocean has cleaned house with his management and PR, according to a report from Buzzfeed. The 26-year-old singer has parted ways with both longtime manager Christian Clancy (who continues to manage Odd Future) of 4 Strikes Management and publicist Heathcliff Berru of Life or Death PR, with a new manager yet to be appointed…

Chris Brown and the attorneys involved in the singer’s case regarding his alleged October assault outside of a Washington, D.C. hotel were close to agreeing on a plea deal in the case, but the agreement was not reached, according to the AP. Brown may face jail time now that his defense team and prosecutors did…

Minecraft is as much a cultural phenomenon as it is a video game, drawing millions of children and parents into its strangely addictive, retro-stylized open world since its release in 2011. The game has made its creator, Swedish programmer and designer Markus “Notch” Persson, a very rich man. It was reported in April that 15…

In this video, Nick Batt from Sonic State takes an in-depth look at the new Roland Aira System-1 synthesizer. The synthesizer is unique in that it is essentially a hardware host that you can upload different software synths to, a hardware synth with ‘multiple personalities’. Roland also plans to release multiple ‘Plug-Out’ synthesizers that can…

Accompanied by his main squeeze Yaris Sanchez, Ab-Soul brought his promo run over to Power 105. Soulo discussed their relationship and their expecting child. Say what?! He also spoke on being independent, TDE’s success, upcoming projects, his Stevens-Johnson syndrome and difficulty of releasing These Days… [RapRadar]

Wednesday, Sotheby’s auction house plans to announce the sale of a rare viola made by Antonio Stradivari. The minimum bid is $45 million. If it sells, it will be the most expensive instrument of any kind in history. Here’s an old musician joke: How do you keep your violin from getting stolen? Put it in…

n an official announcement on their website, Amnesty International apologized to Iggy Pop for putting words about Justin Bieber in his mouth for their anti-torture campaign. To drive home their tagline, “Torture a man and he will tell you anything,” the Belgian wing of organization depicted a beat-up version of the Stooges singer superimposed with…

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