Greg Sandoval

The lobbying group for the top four recording companies wants to make sure that when regulations on Network Neutrality are adopted, they don't impede antipiracy efforts.

Satellite radio provider Sirius XM is preparing to raise prices. The Copyright Royalty Board has raised music royalty fees and Sirius will pass those costs on to customers starting next month.

Internet radio has to pay performance rights but broadcast stations get a free pass. Billy Corgan, founder of the rock band Smashing Pumpkins, told Congress on Tuesday that must change.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, an advocacy group for Internet users, is expected to argue in court on Tuesday that it's unconstitutional to prevent Americans from suing the telecom companies that allegedly helped the federal government unlawfully spy on them.

The Copyright Royalty Board on Thursday froze the rate that digital-music stores, such as iTunes and RealNetworks' Rhapsody, must pay music publishers. The three-member board that sets statutory copyright licenses e-mailed the Digital Media Association (DiMA), the National Music Publishers' Association, Apple, and other download stores with its decision to keep the royalty rate 9.1 cents.

Microsoft says that there isn't anything in Windows Vista Media Center that would have stopped Vista users from recording two NBC Universal shows earlier this month. On May 12, people who attempted to use Windows Vista Media Center to digitally record NBC Universal shows American Gladiator and Medium received a message saying the copyright holder had blocked recording of the shows.

Users of Windows Media Centers who were blocked from recording two NBC shows last week are eager to learn why Microsoft is taking marching orders from broadcasters. Microsoft is soon expected to explain why it inserted technology into Vista that blocked digital TV viewers from recording their favorite shows.

A week after some users of Vista Media Centers were prevented from recording two NBC Universal shows, the network acknowledged Monday that it inadvertently blocked some people from recording the shows.