The owner of a Detroit recording studio has lost his lawsuit against The White Stripes [ tickets ], whom he claimed owed him royalties for his engineering work on the band's self-titled 1999 debut, and its 2000 follow-up, "De Stijl."

A jury ruled that studio-owner Jim Diamond, who received a co-producer credit in the liner notes for "The White Stripes," was not entitled to part ownership of copyrights to the two albums, The Detroit Free Press reported Friday (6/16).

The White Stripes--a.k.a. Jack and Meg White--were on hand in the courtroom while their attorney, Bert Deixler, reportedly argued that Diamond's work in the studio consisted of "microphone placement, reverberation effects [and] mixing," and did not meet the criteria for his claim to co-authorship of the music housed on the albums.

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Friday-night (6/16) performance at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, TN, will air live on the Internet.

According to an email blast from Petty's record label, viewers can catch the show at blueroom.att.com starting at 8:30 p.m. Central Time. Archive footage of the show will be available following the live webcast.

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The owner of a Detroit recording studio has lost his lawsuit against The White Stripes, whom he claimed owed him royalties for his engineering work on the band's self-titled 1999 debut, and its 2000 follow-up, "De Stijl."

A jury ruled that studio-owner Jim Diamond, who received a co-producer credit in the liner notes for "The White Stripes," was not entitled to part ownership of copyrights to the two albums, The Detroit Free Press reported Friday (6/16).

The White Stripes--a.k.a. Jack and Meg White--were on hand in the courtroom while their attorney, Bert Deixler, reportedly argued that Diamond's work in the studio consisted of "microphone placement, reverberation effects [and] mixing," and did not meet the criteria for his claim to co-authorship of the music housed on the albums.

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Ruben Studdard [ tickets ], the second-season winner of Fox-TV's "American Idol" talent competition, has won a $2 million lawsuit against his former manager, according to published reports.

Studdard filed suit last year against ex-manager Ronald Edwards and his promotions company, Sez Inc., claming that Edwards mishandled about $250,000 of Studdard's, and used Studdard's credit cards for unauthorized charges.

A jury reportedly awarded Studdard $500,000 in compensation for his actual losses, and an additional $1.5 million in punitive damages.

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Nine Inch Nails [ tickets ] has joined forces with a newly formed Chicago-based company dubbed Front Row Center, which is selling to fans officially authorized, professionally shot photographs from each stop on NIN's in-progress summer tour. More information is available at the company's website.