Napster founder Shawn Fanning is launching his newest brainchild, Rupture, this summer.

Fanning created Rupture in 2006, and later sold it to Electronic Arts Inc. for $30 million. Rupture is a way for gamers to find out what their friends are playing, connect to one another and a way to engage users. (more…)

Veoh and Universal Music Group’s (UMG) ongoing legal battle over copyright infringement took another step towards siding with Veoh this week. The U.S. Central District Court of California dismissed the charge that the people funding the Veoh, an online video sharing website, are responsible for the copyright infringement happening on the website. This is the second time in as many months that the ruling went in favour of the defendants. (more…)