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Music News By Carter Maness with reporting by Vanessa Whitewolf With his 10th solo album, Life is Good, receiving universal acclaim, plus the Billboard success to match, Nas is now focused on shooting videos for a series of singles from the record. In a recent interview with RapFix, the Queens MC said he was leaning towards "Reach Out," which features a '90s-infused hook from Mary J. Blige, as his next single. "I got a record with Mary J. Blige that just gives you that feeling," he said. "It just feels like early Mary J. Blige, early Nas. I want to shoot a video to that." In addition, Nas has been working with frequent collaborator Chris Robinson on cinematic clips for other singles. "He's a great director. I'm looking forward to shooting "Bye Baby," and making it like a movie," he said, referring to Guy-sampling narrative track that explores the dissolution of his marriage to Kelis. The album's old school flavor also provides Nas with the opportunity to revisit his Queens roots. The MC revealed that he's been back at the Queensbridge Housing Projects to get some local flavor on video. "My brother Jungle started to direct one of the songs in Queensbridge. We went out there and he shot some footage and I'm looking forward to see how that's coming out," he said. The veteran rapper knows that we live in a visual culture now, and that it's important to add context and market his work through channels like YouTube. "I want to do a lot of videos to this album," he said. "It's a video age. I want to do more than I'm known for doing." [url=http://rapfix.mtv.com/2012/07/25/nas-leans-shooting-videos-for-life-is-good-singles/]View the full article[/url]

[url="http://torrentfreak.com/images/ifpilogo.jpg"][img]http://torrentfreak.com/images/ifpilogo.jpg[/img][/url]Dated April 2012, the IFPI report obtained by TorrentFreak was put together by the music industry group’s chief anti-piracy officer Mo Ali. The 30-page report presents a global view of IFPI’s “problems”, “current and future threats” and the industry’s responses to them. IFPI says it has five possible reactions to a threat: Take down, Disruption, Investigation, Lobbying and Litigation. [b]The Threats: P2P[/b] Initially IFPI splits illicit content availability into two sections. The first they classify as “content held on users’ computers” and distributed via P2P networks such as BitTorrent, Gnutella, DirectConnect, eDonkey and Ares. It says it has taken “strategic action” against The Pirate Bay (BitTorrent), LimeWire (Gnutella) and also the semi-private tracker Demonoid (BitTorrent). IFPI doesn’t elaborate on action against the latter, but it was rumored that a member of the site’s staff was targeted a while back. [b]Central hosting/cyberlockers[/b] The second category is content held on central servers, including file-hosts and cyberlockers. Interestingly, the IFPI diagram below shows that when the group examined allegedly infringing URLs on the world’s major cyberlockers, Megaupload’s stats paled into insignificance when compared to the others. [img]http://torrentfreak.com/images/IFPILocker.jpg[/img] IFPI is clear on their requirements for cyberlockers to operate to their liking. Their number one desire is that they “proactively filter for infringing content” but if they don’t they must “operate an effective and efficient notice and take down system.” Failure to implement either means sites will be required to “shut down”. [b]Hacking and phishing attacks[/b] One of the other threats detailed by IFPI include hacking and phishing attacks against email accounts of artists and their management. Through these techniques individuals are apparently obtaining unauthorized access to pre-release music. IFPI say a number of techniques are being used, from bogus emails claiming to be from social networking, email, or cyberlocker sites, to the compromising of password reset features. Once accessed, mail is forwarded to other accounts, either with the music attached or with valuable information which allows other systems to be accessed. [b]The rise of mobile data and applications[/b] IFPI is also keeping a close eye on the downloading and sharing of content across mobile data and other wireless networks. IFPI worries that these networks are providing here-and-now streaming of content via all-you-can-eat plans. Making matters worse is that IFPI reports “challenges” when it comes to matching an IP address to a subscriber. The recording group also reports that Apple and Android architectures are encouraging the creation of 3rd party music apps. IFPI say they are crawling both the App Store and Google Marketplace and are focusing on “quick take down agreements” with Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nokia and Palm to remove apps they don’t like. They are also mulling an expansion of their “payment provider program” to target “rogue” Android app developers. [b]Unauthorized pay MP3 sites[/b] IFPI say they have identified in excess of 50 Russian and Ukrainian pay MP3 download sites. The group reports that law enforcement authorities have “secured evidence that the illegal sites are annually stealing hundreds of millions of dollars” which is creating opportunities for money laundering and tax evasion investigations. IFPI say their next steps will include strangling the sites’ finances with the help of payment processors, recovering proceeds of crime, and developing asset confiscation. [b]Advertisers and payment processors[/b] IFPI’s advertiser strategy is based around the “disruption of revenue streams” to unauthorized sites by several methods. In the report they speak of a “structured notice and take down programme targeting Google’s AdSense and DoubleClick advertising networks,” plus “out reach” to [url="http://www.iabuk.net/about/iash"]IASH[/url] and IAB to implement “comprehensive infringing block lists.” IFPI says it also initiates direct contact with advertisers to flag when their ads appear on infringing sites. Agreements are said to be in place with VISA, MasterCard, PayPal, CTIA, Monitise, PaySafeCard and PhonePayPlus to strangle finances to unauthorized sites. [b]Dealing with Internet service providers[/b] In common with cyberlockers, IFPI have a set of rules they’d like to impose on Internet service providers. According to the industry group, ISPs should not provide Internet access to infringing sites, services or even unidentified customers. Furthermore, ISPs are required to “Implement a system of graduated response for infringing P2P users including warnings to an effective deterrent sanction.” [b]Site Blocking[/b] ISPs are also required by IFPI to block access to infringing sites and services “located outside the local jurisdiction.” The chart below shows where blocking orders have been obtained (prior to April 2012) and how they are carried out. [img]http://torrentfreak.com/images/ifpiblock.jpg[/img] Surprisingly, [url="http://torrentfreak.com/censoring-the-pirate-bay-is-futile-isps-reveal-120711/"]despite reports[/url] mounting to the contrary, IFPI seems to think that site blocking is an almost perfect solution to counter infringement. “The effectiveness of such a ‘block’ will depend on the determination of the ISP subscriber and the content/website provider to maintain access to each other and to use circumvention techniques to bypass blocking techniques,” they write. “There is evidence to suggest that there is limited (between 3% and 5%) adoption of these circumvention techniques although subscribers with more technical knowledge could look to circumvent ISP controls using virtual private networks (VPN) or anonymous proxies.” [b]Conclusions[/b] IFPI finishes up by stressing the importance of “co-operation, partnerships and information exchange” and the building of relationships with law enforcement, judges and legal bodies in order to “provide training built around ‘real world’ experiences and challenges rather than focusing on theory.” [img]http://torrentfreak.com/images/ifpijigsaw.jpg[/img] Amendments to relevant laws need to be planned for the future, but in the short term IFPI should “consider ‘quick, curve ball’ solutions to impact more complex operations as complement to long term investigations,” the group concludes. Source: [url="http://torrentfreak.com/leaked-report-reveals-music-industrys-global-anti-piracy-strategy-120725/"]Leaked Report Reveals Music Industry’s Global Anti-Piracy Strategy[/url] [url="http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~ff/Torrentfreak?a=6Do3K6mW0tg:tniEBgvl5RE:yIl2AUoC8zA"][img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Torrentfreak?d=yIl2AUoC8zA[/img]</img>[/url] [url="http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~ff/Torrentfreak?a=6Do3K6mW0tg:tniEBgvl5RE:D7DqB2pKExk"][img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Torrentfreak?i=6Do3K6mW0tg:tniEBgvl5RE:D7DqB2pKExk[/img]</img>[/url][img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~4/6Do3K6mW0tg[/img] [url=http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~3/6Do3K6mW0tg/]View the full article[/url]

TMZ has obtained information which may show Colorado shooter James Holmes was involved with multiple prostitutes in the months before the movie theater attack. Holmes was no stranger to sex web sites ... and sources tell us he also frequented a&hellip; </p> [url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/25/james-holmes-prostitutes/]View the full article[/url]

Carly Rae Jepsen has told police ... she's the latest victim of a perverted hacker -- who stole XXX photos of the singer from her computer and tried to sell them to various media outlets. No, we're not talking about the FAKE Jepsen pics floating&hellip; </p> [url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/25/carly-rae-jepsen-nude-naked-pictures-photos/]View the full article[/url]

Kari Ann Peniche's estranged husband claims the couple's 10-month old baby tested positive for meth ... and now he's begging a judge to strip Kari's custody rights ASAP claiming the "Celebrity Rehab" star poses a serious threat to their child's&hellip; </p> [url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/25/kari-ann-peniches-estranged-husband-exposed-baby-meth/]View the full article[/url]

Russell Brand will be charged with a crime for throwing a paparazzi's iPhone through a glass window in New Orleans back in March ... TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s office has&hellip; </p> [url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/25/russell-brand-charged-iphone-smashing/]View the full article[/url]

Don Dokken (singer of the band Dokken) came dangerously close to becoming a victim in the recent Bulgaria suicide bombing ... telling TMZ, he was on the same bus that was bombed ... just ONE DAY before the deadly explosion.In case you didn't know&hellip; </p> [url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/25/don-dokken-bulgaria-bus-suicide-bomber/]View the full article[/url]

Just days after being hospitalized, former actress Tara Reid was back on the party scene Monday, smoking cigs and hitting up nightclubs in St. Tropez.TMZ broke the story ... Reid was hospitalized last week in Nice, France for what we were initially&hellip; </p> [url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/25/tara-reid-partying-hospitalized-st-tropez/]View the full article[/url]

Justin Bieber or Justin Timberlake -- who'd you rather have ... on your basketball team? Former NBA superstar Reggie Miller made his pick, and sorry Justin ... you lose. Check out TMZ on TV -- click here to see your local listings! </p> [url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/25/justin-bieber-justin-timberlake-basketball-reggie-miller/]View the full article[/url]

Nick Papageorgio ... from Yuma ... is about to be single again ... TMZ has learned the wife of "Vegas Vacation" star Ethan Embry has filed for divorce. Sunny Mabrey -- a model who once starred in Limp Bizkit's "Nookie" video -- filed documents in&hellip; </p> [url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/24/ethan-embry-divorce-sunny-mabrey/]View the full article[/url]

Marlon Jackson just broke down in tears during an interview ... and walked off the set -- after explaining how his mother has been forcibly cut off from the rest of her family.Marlon -- along with brothers Tito and Jackie -- were sitting for an&hellip; </p> [url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/24/marlon-jackson-breaks-down-walks-off-interview/]View the full article[/url]

Jennifer Lopez is having a very, very happy birthday ... that is if Casper Smart found something special during a XXX shopping trip. Hope they didn't ask for ID ... he's real young.Check out TMZ on TV -- click here to see your local listings! </p> [url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/24/jennifer-lopez-casper-smart-tmz-tv/]View the full article[/url]

Randy Jackson just came out swinging against the people in charge of the Michael Jackson Estate -- claiming the executors are "criminals" who falsified documents for their own personal gain ... but it's looking like Randy's plot is quickly crashing&hellip; </p> [url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/24/randy-jackson-michael-jackson-estate-executors-criminals-al-sharpton/]View the full article[/url]

Rapper Nate Dogg had 6 kids, no will, and $200,000 in real estate to his name when he died last year ... and now a lawyer's been named to divvy up his assets.In probate documents filed yesterday in L.A. County Superior Court ... Nate's home in&hellip; </p> [url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/24/nate-dogg-probate-real-estate-no-will/]View the full article[/url]

[img]http://moviesblog.mtv.com//wp-content/uploads/movies/2012/07/Mike-Breaking-Bad.jpg[/img] The newest episode of "Breaking Bad" was somewhat of a special episode for everyone's favorite grandfatherly killer, Mike. The man behind the gun, Jonathan Banks, gave a great interview to [i]Rolling Stone[/i] about the latest episode, so check it out if you want to know what's in store for Mr. Ehrmantraut. Also, Bryan Cranston looks young, and "The Three Little Pigs" get the "Batman Begins" treatment in today's Dailies! [b]»[/b] If Sunday's episode of "Breaking Bad" didn't give enough Mike, check out Jonathan Banks' interview with Rolling Stone. [[url="http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/q-a-breaking-bad-star-jonathan-banks-on-mikes-turmoil-20120723"]Rolling Stone[/url]] [b]»[/b] We may finally have a definitive answer to what happened at the end of "Lost." Sawyer became a dance team coach. [[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gMQBss3UQE&feature=player_embedded"]Sony Pictures[/url]] [b]»[/b] I was really hoping that Martin Scorsese's Siri commercial would take a dark turn. "Siri, did you f--- my wife?" [[url="http://screencrush.com/martin-scorsese-the-latest-to-promote-siri-in-new-apple-ad/"]Screen Crush[/url]] [b]»[/b] All 3-D movies are the same. Here's the proof. [[url="http://www.slashfilm.com/votd-3d-movie/"]/Film[/url]] [b]»[/b] Jonah Hill says "21 Jump Street" sequel script is on its way and shooting will begin in September 2013. [[url="http://collider.com/21-jump-street-2-sequel-jonah-hill/182718/"]Collider[/url]] [b]»[/b] Before he broke bad, Bryan Cranston was a bisexual adulterer on the Lifetime Network. [[url="http://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/wwuum/bryan_cranstons_first_appearance_on_television/"]Reddit[/url]] [b]»[/b] Some guys made a feature-length modernization of "The Three Little Pigs." It's totally bizarre, but undeniably hypnotic. [[url="http://www.vulture.com/2012/07/trailer-for-the-brick-house.html"]Vulture[/url]] [b]»[/b] We're not quite done discussing those "Man of Steel" teasers, so here are four more talking points to dissect. [[url="http://theweek.com/article/index/230928/the-surprisingly-emotional-man-of-steel-trailers-4-talking-points"]The Week[/url]] [b]Welcome to the [url="http://moviesblog.mtv.com/categories/dailies"][b]Dailies[/b][/url], where the MTV Movies team runs down all the film and television news, odds and ends that are fit to print! From awesome fan art to obscure casting news, this is your place to feast on all the movie leftovers you didn't know you were hungry for.[/b] [url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2012/07/24/mike-breaking-bad-dailies/]View the full article[/url]

Tito Jackson is backing out of the plot to turn Katherine Jackson against the Michael Jackson Estate ... he tells TMZ he wants nothing to do with it.Tito says, "I completely retract my signature from the July 17th letter sent to the Executors of my&hellip; </p> [url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/24/tito-jackson-michael-jackson-estate-katherine-jackson-executors/]View the full article[/url]

It was all out war at Katherine Jackson's house in Calabasas Monday ... complete with slapping and punching ... TMZ has learned.We now have details about the incident. Sources who were there say two SUVs with Randy, Jermaine and Janet inside,&hellip; </p> [url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/24/pandemonium-at-jackson-family-compound/]View the full article[/url]

[img]http://moviesblog.mtv.com//wp-content/uploads/movies/2012/06/Jurassic-Park-jurassic-park-27400043-1200-723.jpeg[/img] [i]By Ashleigh Schmitz[/i] John Williams' iconic score may get an encore in "Jurassic Park IV" as early as 2014. That's the release date producer Frank Marshall has his eye on, and it lines up with the timeline Steven Spielberg laid out at last year's Comic-Con, when he confirmed that they had a story for the film. Marshall told [url="http://collider.com/jurassic-park-4-sequel-frank-marshall/182397/"]Collider[/url] he's excited to see what the filmmakers can do with a fourth trip to Jurassic Park after 13 years of technological advances since the last film. "That's what's gonna be great about it, he said. "Technology's taken a leap now that we can really do some great things." That doesn't mean, however, that production will abandon the prosthetic work that brought the dinosaurs to life in the first three films. Marshall said that the use of "practical dinosaurs not only feels real to the audience, but aids the actors in their performances." Just last month "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" screenwriters Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver were brought on to write the script, and while it's clear that Spielberg is heavily involved in the film, he will not be in the director's chair this time. If the film is going to be hitting theaters during the summer 2014 season, news of a director and cast shouldn't be too far behind. [i]What do you want to see in "Jurassic Park IV"? Let us know in the comments below and on [url="http://www.twitter.com/mtvmoviesblog"]Twitter[/url]![/i] [url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2012/07/24/jurassic-park-iv-2014-release/]View the full article[/url]

1:58 PM PT -- Sources tell us ... Hemsley was discovered by his nurse ... who initially believed the actor was asleep. Once she realized something was wrong, she called for help. Sherman Hemsley, the actor who made the character George Jefferson&hellip; </p> [url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/24/sherman-hemsley-dead-dies-the-jeffersons/]View the full article[/url]

"Dark Knight Rises" star Christian Bale is currently in Denver, CO ... visiting the victims and families of last week's movie theater shooting. According to KDVR, Bale has been spotted at Aurora Medical Center ... where he reportedly arrived by&hellip; </p> [url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/24/christian-bale-visiting-shooting-victims-in-colorado/]View the full article[/url]

America's got talent, but it no longer has Sharon Osbourne ... 'cause the AGT judge says she's QUITTING the TV show for good. Osbourne -- who has been with "America's Got Talent" since Season 2 -- cryptically announced her exit from the show via&hellip; </p> [url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/24/sharon-osbourne-im-quitting-americas-got-talent/]View the full article[/url]

Unlike his mustache ... Alex Trebek has finally returned to the set of "Jeopardy."Trebek -- who was sidelined with a mild heart attack last month -- arrived to the set at Sony Pictures Studios this morning ... sporting a big 'ol Canadian smile.&hellip; </p> [url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/24/alex-trebek-heart-attack-returns-jeopardy/]View the full article[/url]