Although the singer/producer didn’t make the Auto-Tune software created by company Antares which starts around $300, he’s asking others to pay him for bringing the sound effect back to the limelight. In an interview with DJ Skee, T-Pain stated that artists such as Ron Browz have used the Auto-Tune effect poorly and also stated in a recent MTV News interview that those that have used it should pay up.
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T-Pain munches with a plate in tow and joins Diddy in the studio. Diddy talks about T-Pain, and how he granted him use of his autotune (vocoder) and willingly gives him an album point for his upcoming album.
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Eminem and his music publisher has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Apple for the second time.

According to The Detroit News, the lawsuit was filed Monday in the US District Court in Detroit, and states that Apple is violating copyright by selling Eminem’s music through iTunes.

The lawsuit is stated to may prove to be a conflict with the Eminem’s label, Universal, rather than Apple.

Eminem’s music publisher and copyright manager, Eight Mile Style and Martin Affiliated, claim Apple isn’t permitted to sell music by the artist because Eminem has not agreed to grant his label, Universal, the rights to sell such music and never authorized Universal to allow the downloads. (more…)

If you’ve got the audience, a smart company will think of something to do with it when you don’t abide by their rules. And that’s what Warner Music Group Corp. did when they settled a copyright infringement lawsuit with music social networking site imeem by agreeing to license its music and video to them for a slice of their ad revenue.

Although they didn’t disclose how much they will get out of the deal, imeem has more than 16 million active users and counting. The agreement will allow imeem to carry music and video by all of Warner Music Group Corp artists like Madonna, Linkin Park and others.
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If you like “The Sims” you may like There.com.

Makena Technologies, creator of the popular social virtual world There.com which allows users to fully interact in a 3D online virtual world, customize and create their own 3D character, meet and hang out with friends in real-time using voice and text chat, build their own virtual homes, participate in events ranging from car races to paintball to fashion shows and even create and sell their own virtual items, has created a partnership with Capitol Music Group to bring music artists to fans on There.com.
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If you’re familiar with the song from the ad “Get Zwinky, Get Zwinky…,” then you’ll know exactly what Zwinktopia is all about. For those who don’t know anything about Zwinktopia, it’s a virtual world where you create characters, dress them up with the latest fashions, play games, interact with other Zwinkians and more.

Anways, 50 Cent will be opening his own boutique in the virtual world of Zwinktopia to get Zwinkians to wear his G-Unit clothing. The rapper is reportedly doing it so that he can push his new album “Curtis”. According to news reports, 50 Cent’s virtual shop will be one of several established to distribute not only digital “clothing”, but merchandise to over 6.5 million members of the Zwinky community. Currently industry execs have on their thinking caps to see how they can benefit and operate in Zwinktopia, like 50 Cent.
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mTraks, Inc. announces the official launch of its public beta website, a social music community and digital music marketplace. mTraks has raised $550,000 from a consortium of private angel investors and is represented by Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati.

mTraks offers music for sale by both individual track downloads and a subscription-based model. All of the music on mTraks is offered in high quality 192kbps VBR mp3 audio with video coming soon. mTraks downloads work with the iPod(TM) and any mp3 compatible players.