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FirstLight Financial Corporation Serves as Lead Arranger of $36MM in Senior Credit Facilities to Purchase Gas Processing Equipment Manufacturer FirstLight Financial Corporation ("FirstLight") announced today that it served as lead arranger and administrative agent of a $36 million senior credit facility for a portfolio company of Linx Partners, LLC ("Linx"). - 2007-09-04

If You Have a Contaminated P2P Network Program on Your Computer You Have Violated US Copyright Laws - Landmark Case in Arizona "This landmark case means that anyone who has contaminated P2P network programs on his computer is committing copyright infringement, since the only reason to have them installed is to make copyrighted files available to all other P2P users," said Pasquale Giordano, President/COO, SafeMedia Corporation - 2007-08-29

Music. Technology. Cocktails: Bandwidth Music & Technology Conference Starts This Week The Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference takes place in San Francisco this week and features keynote conversations with Alejandro Escovedo, Peter Standish, VP of Marketing at Warner Bros. Records and Jordan Kurland of Zeitgeist Artist Management. The Bandwidth Conference gathers leaders from the music, technology and media worlds and takes place in San Francisco on August 17 and 18, 2007. - 2007-08-13

Bandwidth Conference Announces Alejandro Escovedo As Artist Keynote The Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference, which explores the evolving musical experience, announces that artist Alejandro Escovedo will appear as a keynote "conversation with" at the conference, which takes place in San Francisco August 17 and 18, 2007. The Bandwidth Conference features leaders from the music, technology and media worlds. - 2007-08-08

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Bandwidth Conference Announces Keynote Speaker Peter Standish of Warner Bros. Records The Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference, which explores the evolving musical experience, announces that Peter Standish, Sr. VP of Marketing, Warner Bros. Records will appear as a keynote "conversation with" at the conference, which takes place in San Francisco August 17 and 18, 2007. The Bandwidth Conference features leaders from the music, technology and media worlds. - 2007-07-31

Pop/rock Band Jag Star Wins 'Next Big Hit' Competition -- Now Featured Artist on iTunes Music Store Pop/rock band Jag Star was just named the winner of the "Next Big Hit" competition. As a result, the band is now occupying the coveted front page feature on iTunes music store, where their winning song "Missed Out" is available for download. "This is priceless!" says lead singer and songwriter Sarah Lewis. "We are thrilled to get this kind of exposure and we've definitely worked our butts off to get here!" The band has racked up many accolades and television placements on their own, and have toured 15 countries including overseas for the U.S. Troops. - 2007-07-17

Second Spring Wins Derby for LINER Second Spring Music Publishing has signed UK alt rockers LINER to an exclusive worldwide publishing agreement. The band has been at the center of attention among bands out of the buzzing music scene in Birmingham, England. - 2007-05-29

5 Attachment How to Avoid Being A Target of Identity Theft, Fraud and Scams SafeMedia Corporation, an anti piracy technology company, warns of the dangers of Identity theft and filesharing over Peer-2-Peer Networks. "I don't think parents would allow their children to download free music or movies if they knew who their kids were sharing files with," said Safwat Fahmy, CEO & president, SafeMedia Corp. - 2007-05-22

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1 Attachment Musicrypt Asserts Intellectual Property Rights Musicrypt has recently asserted its intellectual property rights in Canada by advising certain Canadian users of Destiny Media Technologies' Play MPE that there is serious patent litigation in progress regarding the use of PlayMPE in Canada. - 2007-05-08

NARAS (Home of the GRAMMY® Awards) Selects Nick Nanton Orlando Music Lawyer to Speak at Music Industry Summit 2007 Orlando music attorney, Nick Nanton, The Indie Lawyer, will speak on "Taking Care of Business" Panel April 26, 2007 at 11 a.m. - 2007-04-24

4 Attachment "A Guerilla in the Midst", a New Book by Award Winning Guerilla Filmmaker, Stan Harrington Released by The Sundance Media Group/VASST "A Guerilla In The Midst" is an exploration into the art of the no-budget film. From multi-award winning guerilla filmmaker, Stan Harrington, the book is an inspirational and insightful book that uses Harrington's first feature, "Bred in the Bone", as a blueprint. As an added bonus, the film is included with the sale of the book. - 2007-04-24

1 Attachment Former INVESCO/Chancellor/Citigroup Managing Director and Two Hollywood Veterans to Form New Film Fund $1 Billion Target for Private Equity New Film Fund - 2007-04-17

1 Attachment Small Webcasters Unveil Plans to Launch Industry Trade Group Online music community unites to represent independent internet radio. - 2007-04-16

Hendrix Litigation Results In Contempt Order, Judgment Payment Experience Hendrix, L.L.C., the Hendrix family music company which owns and administers the Jimi Hendrix music rights, recently obtained a stipulated court order of almost $900,000 against music entrepreneur Ed Chalpin. The payment to Experience Hendrix was the culmination of a 2006 lawsuit commenced in New York against Chalpin and two of his related companies. During the course of this litigation Federal District Court Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, held Chalpin in contempt of court. - 2007-04-13

Biography of Phil Spector to be Published by Knopf in June Biography Of Phil Spector To Be Published In June Book Written by Last Journalist to Interview Him Before the Death of Actress in his L.A. Mansion - 2007-04-13

1 Attachment Cormark Securities Issues Buy Recommendation on Musicrypt Musicrypt Inc. has received a Buy recommendation with a target price of $1.00 in a research report issued by Cormark Securities Inc. - 2007-04-12

3 Attachment The Sound of the New World: Entertainment, New Media and Commercials under One Global Roof BANG Music and Media On Demand Productions (MOD) Join Forces to form BANG/MOD. New business model reflects merging worlds of entertainment and advertising. - 2007-04-11

1 Attachment Billboard Launches in Russia, Building on Blueprint of Turkey Edition Billboard continues international expansion with launch in Russia--On sale April 20, 2007. - 2007-04-10

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