Ed Lover’s C’mon Son! Domain Name Trouble

Celeb 2.0 IP Law News

Many YouTube stars have websites of their own where they can direct their audience for more information, merchandise, and much more. With the viral success of radio personality Ed Lover’s “C’mon Son!” video series, (the series reached over half a million viewers in under two months), it seemed that the next step for the video blogger would be his own website.

EMI Inks Liscensing Deal with Grooveshark

Digital Media

Recording giant EMI has announced a partnership with streaming music provider, Grooveshark that will allow users to access the work of thousands of artists and songwriters licensed under the EMI and EMI Publishing umbrella. Listeners can now log on to Grooveshark and legally hear EMI artists such as, Coldplay, Letoya Luckett, Joss Stone, Corinne Bailey Rae, and many more.

Mariah Carey in New ATT Commercial

Celeb 2.0

AT&T has tapped pop queen, Mariah Carey to star in their latest commercial promoting AT&T’s quick messaging device lineup. The “Junior Assistant” commercial shows Carey’s assistant working tirelessly to please the needs of his boss by delivering everything she requests before she arrives at her hotel.

Mariah Carey’s album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel is available now.

Artists Get a Kick Out of Rockstar Games’ Timbaland’s “Beaterator”

Celeb 2.0

Rockstar Games has recently launched their newest video game title, Beaterator. The game is a music producer’s dream, allowing gamers to mix and record their own beats with an exclusive loops and sounds developed by multi-platinum producer Timbaland. Timbaland calls the game “The new generation of music” and in the video below you can see that artists like Serani, Donnis, and Ice-T feel the same way.

LG Helps Fans Become “FAMEUS” and Save the Music

LG has joined forces with Lakeshore Entertainment to give fans an opportunity to win 50,000 in an effort to promote the highly anticipated FAME remake. To enter, fans can log on to www.LGFameus.com and upload a clip featuring a their performance the FAME theme song through October 5th. LG is encouraging people to log on and vote by offering a chance to win mobile phones and home entertainment theaters. LG will also make a donation to VH1 Save The Music Foundation for each vote cast on the microsite. The “Fameus” winners will be announced on October 12th.