In an article May 12, 2011 by Georg Szalal for The Hollywood Reporter introduced legislation was depicted that would fight against websites offering pirated content. Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont spoke on a bill targeting online piracy. The bill would expose movies, music, TV shows, and other copyrighted material or trademarked content. The Act would bring under U.S. jurisdiction websites that...

Warner Music Group Corp. and Access Industries announced the execution of a merger where Access Industries will buy WMG in an all-cash transaction for $3.3 billion! The purchase includes WMG’s entire recorded music and music publishing companies.The purchase price is said to give stockholders a 34.4% premium over the average share price of $6.14.Under the terms of the merger WMG’s Board of Directors...