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If you haven't had enough Lil B in your life recently, then a 101-track mixtape will probably provide all the material you need to stay satisfied. The West Coast rapper dropped the new 6-disc project titled 05 F--- Em on Christmas Eve with 101 brand new songs. B's new tape even comes complete with a track called "Im the Rap God," just so fans know that he's not ruling himself out of the deity battle currently raging between Kanye, Drake and Eminem. If you don't have the hard drive space to download yet, stream 05 F--- Em below or cop it via DatPiff. Download Mixtape | Free Mixtapes Powered by DatPiff.com [url=http://rapfix.mtv.com/2013/12/27/lil-b-rolls-out-101-tracks-on-new-mixtape/]View the full article[/url]

Justin Bieber just adopted another pet he will almost certainly abandon ... TMZ has learned.Justin was at a pet store in Stratford, Canada Thursday ... just to window shop. But then -- sadly -- he fell in love with a 7-week-old American… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/27/justin-bieber-american-bulldog-adopt-canada/]View the full article[/url]

After being targeted by the National Music Publishers Association for "illegally" posting the lyrics to popular songs, Rap Genius has now been penalized by Google. According to the NY Times, the lyrics site has been removed from the search engine for inflating their traffic rankings. Rap Genius was removed from Google search on Christmas Day, after representatives for the Brooklyn-based company came clean about practices that violate Google's policy. In an apology letter, the founders wrote: "The other strategy we employ on a much smaller scale (the subject of recent Hacker News controversy) is to find blogs whose content we think our followers will enjoy and ask them to link pages on Rap Genius that are relevant to their posts. We actually thought we had set this up to be compliant with Google’s linking policy in its Terms of Service, but we messed up and want to explain how." Rap Genius' traffic numbers have reportedly suffered from the swift Google search removal, dropping from over a million to under 3,00,000 in just a few days. [url=http://rapfix.mtv.com/2013/12/27/rap-genius-removed-from-google-search/]View the full article[/url]

London vocalist Sam Smith, L.A. singer-songwriter Kelela, European jazz vocalist Zara McFarlane and L.A.-via-Houston rapper-producer Travi$ Scott.<br/><br/>The Times asked its reporters and critics to highlight figures in entertainment and the arts who will be making news in 2014. Here&rsquo;s who they picked:[img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PopHiss/~4/NPlxKpmeJRI[/img] [url=http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/PopHiss/~3/NPlxKpmeJRI/la-et-ms-music-faces-to-watch-2014-20131229,0,3022229.story]View the full article[/url]

London vocalist Sam Smith, L.A. singer-songwriter Kelela, European jazz vocalist Zara McFarlane and L.A.-via-Houston rapper-producer Travi$ Scott.<br/><br/>The Times asked its reporters and critics to highlight figures in entertainment and the arts who will be making news in 2014. From teen actors to media moguls, rappers to classical cellists, here&rsquo;s who they picked:[img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PopHiss/~4/NPlxKpmeJRI[/img] [url=http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/PopHiss/~3/NPlxKpmeJRI/la-et-ms-music-faces-to-watch-2014-20131229,0,3022229.story]View the full article[/url]

Jermaine Dupri just learned a hard lesson -- take a chill pill when you're in Miami Beach and cops will swarm you.Jermaine and his crew were cruising in Miami Beach at 3:24 this morning when cops pulled them over because the tint on their Lincoln… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/27/jermaine-dupri-traffic-stop-xanax-marijuana-cops-miami-beach/]View the full article[/url]

It arrived like a flash, but now it's sticking around.[img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PopHiss/~4/RJnUenijhCg[/img] [url=http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/PopHiss/~3/RJnUenijhCg/la-et-ms-beyonce-holds-onto-no-1-spot-on-billboard-album-chart-20131227,0,6521741.story]View the full article[/url]

Britney Spears got the lead out for tonight's big Las Vegas debut.Brit's friends and family were there for her final dress rehearsal for the "Piece of Me" show ... and she did not disappoint.Britney is back to her old self onstage ... her dance… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/27/britney-spears-dance-new-vegas-show-sing/]View the full article[/url]

World class DJ Paul Oakenfold not only scoffs at Paris Hilton's claim she's one of the top 5 DJs in the word ... he can't believe she had the audacity to say it!Oakenfold -- who many consider the godfather of electronic music -- was in disbelief… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/27/paul-oakenfold-paris-hilton-top-5-dj/]View the full article[/url]

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are rock bottom when it comes to choosing who you'd LEAST like to share a common fence with.Zillow has revealed the celebs American would LEAST like to have as their neighbors ... and Kim and Kanye top… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/27/kim-kardashian-kanye-worst-celebrity-neighbors-jimmy-fallon/]View the full article[/url]

The pop star's 'Piece of Me' at Planet Hollywood is a first for a current Top 40 artist.<br/><br/>Britney Spears helped usher dance music into the American pop mainstream with propulsive hit singles like "Toxic" and "Till the World Ends." So it's only fair that Las Vegas EDM culture is now returning the favor.[img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PopHiss/~4/sLHv1G1sub4[/img] [url=http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/PopHiss/~3/sLHv1G1sub4/la-et-ms-britney-spears-vegas-residencies-20131227,0,3979950.story]View the full article[/url]

[img]http://torrentfreak.com/images/vk.jpg[/img]For several years, vKontakte, Russia’s social networking giant, has been marked as a piracy enabler by rightsholders and even the U.S. Government. In several Special 301 Reports published by the United States Trade Representative, Russia’s Facebook equivalent has been criticized for the huge quantities of unauthorized media it hosts and labeled a “notorious market”, a term usually reserved for piracy’s apparent worst-of-the-worst. The problem stems from the fact that vKontakte allows its tens of millions of users to upload anything from movies and TV shows to their entire music collections. This content then becomes available for anyone to enjoy, from members of the site to complete outsiders. Many of the big, free MP3 download sites on the web are powered by MP3s pulled from vKontakte, so this is not just a Russian issue. In response to the complaints, earlier this year the company confirmed it had [url="http://torrentfreak.com/russias-facebook-prepares-youtube-style-anti-piracy-filter-131001/"]deployed[/url] fingerprinting technology, similar to YouTube’s Content ID. Whether this would be enough to appease rightsholders would remain to be seen, but in a statement this week the head of Russia’s telecoms regulator Roskomnadzor [url="http://tasstelecom.ru/news/one/26775"]said[/url] the site’s actions should be enough to remove it from the USTR’s list. “VKontakte is now in active dialog with all the rights owners,” Alexander Zharov said. “It is my hope that, given the progress in their relations with the owners, VKontakte will be excluded from the 301 list.” So good news for vKontakte then? Well, not so fast. Let’s not forget that it’s the Hollywood studios and major recording labels that provide the fuel for the Special 301 Report and if they aren’t happy, the USTR isn’t going to be happy either. And all the signs suggest that they are far from content. In fact, according to reports in Russian media this morning, the major labels are getting ready to take vKontakte on in the traditional way – via lawsuit. National Federation of the Music Industry chief Leonid Agronov says that Sony, Universal, EMI, Warner and other rights owners have run out of patience and will sue the social network after the holiday period is over. “This year, we have tried all the civilized ways of influencing the state, society and the Internet industry. Next year we will be much more aggressive and brazen. We have spent four years trying to normalize the situation to somehow move piracy beyond the law,” he said. NFMI members are [url="http://tasstelecom.ru/news/one/26772"]said[/url] to be preparing to sue in the St. Petersburg Court of Arbitration in an attempt to have at least six thousand pieces of music removed from vKontakte, including works from Beyonce, 50 Cent, Eminem, Jay-Z, Madonna, Skrillex, Linkin Park, Metallica and Pink Floyd. Agronov said that the labels have tried to negotiate with the site in order for it to begin paying for the music it hosts with a suggestion it shifts those costs to its users, but apparently vKontakte is interested in neither. It nevertheless profits from advertising while its users listen to unauthorized music, he added. According to Izvestia, the legal action could take up to a couple of months or even a couple of years, depending on the determination of each side. Source: [url="http://torrentfreak.com"]TorrentFreak[/url], for the latest info on [url="http://torrentfreak.com/category/copyright-issues/"]copyright[/url], [url="http://torrentfreak.com/category/pirate-talk/"]file-sharing[/url] and [url="http://torrentfreak.com/vpn-services-that-take-your-anonymity-seriously-2013-edition-130302/"]VPN services[/url]. [url="http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~ff/Torrentfreak?a=lcaOmZE9rqQ:_uCTEaDQsZ8:yIl2AUoC8zA"][img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Torrentfreak?d=yIl2AUoC8zA[/img]</img>[/url] [url="http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~ff/Torrentfreak?a=lcaOmZE9rqQ:_uCTEaDQsZ8:D7DqB2pKExk"][img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Torrentfreak?i=lcaOmZE9rqQ:_uCTEaDQsZ8:D7DqB2pKExk[/img]</img>[/url][img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~4/lcaOmZE9rqQ[/img] [url=http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~3/lcaOmZE9rqQ/]View the full article[/url]

The woman claiming Soulja Boy fathered her kid has some hard evidence he's the daddy ... including pictures of her straddling Soulja.Diamond Shantaniece Mackey filed legal docs claiming Soulja Boy has a son -- 5-year-old Portlon. Turns out Diamond… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/27/soulja-boy-alleged-baby-mama-evidence/]View the full article[/url]

Britney Spears' dad learned a lesson in swag ... you gush over a product and the company that makes it will probably send you free stuff ... which brings us to duct tape.During the "I Am Britney Jean" special Jamie Spears couldn't stop talking about… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/27/britney-spears-duct-tape-jamie-spears-dad-i-am-britney-jean-duck-tape/]View the full article[/url]

Lil Twist will NOT be charged with roughing up a woman at Justin Bieber's house ... TMZ has learned.A woman claimed she was at Justin's house in August with Twist when she decided it was time to leave. She told L.A. County Sheriff's… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/27/lil-twist-justin-bieber-cleared-woman-house/]View the full article[/url]

This brown-eyed beauty has been broken down into some quadrilateral shapes. Are you quick enough to guess who this scruffy stud is? [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/27/celebrity-squares-guess-who-tmz-games-photoshop/]View the full article[/url]

Beck is in the middle of a war with a very rich, very powerful German ... a German who claims Beck DESTROYED his Malibu rental property ... and now, they're suing the crap out of each other, TMZ has learned. The German is Til Schweiger -- who… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/26/beck-til-schwiger-malibu-mansion-inglourious-basterds-lawsuit/]View the full article[/url]

Jwoww isn't just gonna squeeze out a kid in July, she's also gonna push out a big ol' steaming dump ... so says her "Jersey Shore" BFF Snooki. Jwoww made the baby announcement on Christmas Day ... and hours later, Snooki (who already has a kid)… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/26/jwoww-snooki-pregnant-crap-doctor-vag-rip/]View the full article[/url]

(Swizz Beatz and Khaled make progress on The LOX album) The LOX paid a visit to New York City's Hot 97 radio station on Thursday morning (December 26) to chat about their new EP, upcoming album and being inspired by Beyonce's sudden music drop, before getting into a debate about the state of New York hip-hop. Listen below. "In this business, timing is everything," Jada explained about dropping their new Trinity EP last week. "Your gut feeling is important and taking chances is always great. It's like a gamble. Big shout-out to Beyoncé, she paved the way on a bigger scale, before it got exhausted from a hood level, a street perspective standpoint, we were able to do the same thing and capitalize. We ain't do it because she did it, but - she made it better for us. She made it better." "We actually was going to release a few songs for the holidays, few songs, few freestyles," Styles P added. "We were just going to drop it. We knew nothing of what she was doing and then she dropped it and that added the iTunes into it." [url=http://rapfix.mtv.com/2013/12/26/the-lox-detail-album-plans-and-give-credit-to-beyonce/]View the full article[/url]

By Sowmya Krishnamurthy Celebrities are just like us and nowhere is that more obvious than during the holidays. From dashing to the stores for those last minute gifts to gathering with family around the Christmas table, our favorite rappers and singers shared their holiday cheer on Instagram. Kanye kept it klassy by hanging with his fiance Kim Kardashian at her family's famous, annual Christmas bash. New Kardashian besties Tyga and his baby mama Blac Chyna also joined in, and shared flicks of themselves goofing around at the party's photobooth. Up in Canada, Drake poked fun at himself with a series of silly photos referencing the many memes he inspired in 2013, while Snoop Dogg turned into "Santa Dogg" and showed us what a very high St. Nick might look like. On the R&B tip, Chris Brown made kissy faces with Karrueche while his ex-boo Rihanna flew back to Barbados. The bad girl turned good and brought home huge bags of gifts for her closest family. [url=http://rapfix.mtv.com/2013/12/26/kanye-drake-snoop-and-more-celebrate-the-holidays/]View the full article[/url]

Rising R&B star B Smyth -- who's worked with industry titans like Future and 2 Chainz -- has some serious balls, 'cause he told a police officer he was going to BANG HIS WIFE during a traffic stop ... this according an arrest report obtained by… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/26/b-smyth-cop-bang-wife-arrested-trespassing-rapper-singer/]View the full article[/url]

[img]http://torrentfreak.com/images/weatherley.jpg[/img]Early September UK Prime Minister David Cameron appointed a brand new intellectual property advisor. Conservative MP Mike Weatherley, a former record label worker and Vice President of the Motion Picture Licensing Company, began with a brief to focus on intellectual property enforcement issues relating to the creative industries. With the appointment of Weatherley, a chartered accountant and former finance director of record producer Pete Waterman’s empire, there can be little doubt that the Government is looking to tighten things up on the IP front. Writing for the World Intellectual Property Organization magazine, the 56-year-old says that he faces a key question of whether the solution to the piracy problem requires government and/or industry involvement, or a partnership of the two. Weatherley begins by touching on the complex issue of content licensing and the domestic issues raised by the [url="http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/hargreaves.htm"]Hargreaves Review[/url]. However, he soon moves on to what many believe is one of the main drivers of infringement over the past decade – a failure by content distributors to move forward with technology. “At the end of the day, the creative industry must take responsibility for its failure to keep pace with the digital age. Technology will always open up new ways to access content. If creators do not begin to embrace these technologies they will lose out, and by default, the market will be dictated by ‘open rights’ interest groups. The creative industry alone is responsible for not evolving fast enough. The music industry, for example, has spent years saying ‘no’ instead of ‘how?’,” Weatherley says. Interestingly, the MP also says that the creative industries are very good at talking to themselves but notes they are doing little to educate the public and are even “losing the propaganda war.” “In 2010, at the UN Worldwide Internet Governance Forum in Vilnius (Lithuania) it was shocking to see that no one from either industry or government was present to make a case for supporting the protection of IP rights. The Pirate Party, however, was there in full force arguing that all content should be made available for free,” Weatherley notes. Echoing growing sentiments of many in the digital domain, the MP says that the “efficient and plausible way forward” would see the industry not only educating consumers but meeting their demands by offering “simple, affordable and legal access” to copyright-protected works. “Proponents of piracy say downloading content legally is too complicated. Industry, therefore, needs to find innovative ways to ensure that content is easily available and in so doing make piracy a less attractive option. We need to let go of old dogma and identify and further develop new, workable solutions, Weatherley says. But what if education plus fresh and innovative offerings can’t do the job of seriously reducing copyright infringement? Legislation can, it seems. “Government must back up industry by putting the necessary enforcement mechanisms into place. This would include holding Internet Service Providers responsible if they knowingly facilitate illegal downloading practices and do not take steps to stop this form of piracy,” the MP states. The issue of liability for third-party infringement has been well-trodden in the past 12 months, with both the music and movie industries taking the leading ISPs to the High Court in order to hold them responsible for the unauthorized file-sharing of their customers. The evidence of subscriber infringement on sites such as The Pirate Bay is now considered enough to put ISPs on notice that they need to block sites to stop it. The big question now is what Weatherley envisions on the legislative front that isn’t already covered. Will ISPs be expected to warn and disconnect infringing customers in order to maintain their safe harbor? Or perhaps actively blocking a wider range of sites once wide-scale infringement is established will be acceptable? A combination of the two might seal the deal but all options are very much political hot potatoes. Time will tell, but in the meantime Weatherley signs off with a note to the industry. “The creative sector needs to show greater flexibility and to be part of the solution,” he concludes. 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Katherine Jackson is not only WASTING HER TIME by appealing the AEG wrongful death case ... she's also making a mockery of the legal system ... so says AEG. AEG just responded to Katherine's request for a new trial -- after Katherine argued that… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/26/aeg-katherine-jackson-michael-jackson-wrongful-death/]View the full article[/url]

Miley Cyrus isn't taking much of a holiday break.[img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PopHiss/~4/tLSHh_XxLiU[/img] [url=http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/PopHiss/~3/tLSHh_XxLiU/la-et-ms-watch-miley-cyrus-adore-you-video-20131226,0,1835575.story]View the full article[/url]

This is Nicole Minetti ... one of the women convicted of wrangling up prostitutes for disgraced Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi ... and by the looks of these pics, you'd never guess she'd recently been sentenced to 5… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/26/silvio-berlusconi-nicole-minetti-thong-bikini-miami/]View the full article[/url]