Off-Duty Cop Is Suing The Game For $12 Million

Come July, you can expect a new standard for release dates in the music industry. Obviously illegal downloads have become rampant these days, and while part of the issue lies in the readiness and availability of the internet, another part is simply because there are different standards when it comes to release dates for new music around the world-- thus, for example, something may become available earlier in the UK then it would the US. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has worked with labels, retailers, music unions, artist reps and more to coordinate a new standard when it comes to music release, and over 45 countries have signed up to take part; among them, United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Australia. Currently, new music is typically released on a Monday in the UK and France, while Canada and the United States uses Tuesdays, and Australia, Ireland and Germany tend towards Fridays. Beginning in July, we can expect all these countries to be in unison and adopt Fridays as the preferred release date for new music (new music would include singles and both digital/physical copies of albums). The IFPI hopes to not only help prevent piracy with this change, but boost consumer demand. IFPI CEO Frances Moore spoke to Billboard on the subject, saying, "This was done primarily for the consumer. Consumers were telling us via different pieces of research done across many countries that Fridays and Saturdays was when they wanted new music and that’s what has led this campaign. We’re hoping that with more consumers in stores on Fridays and Saturdays, which stores tell us leads to increase impulse buying, and with peak activity on most social media [typically taking place over the weekend], will all lead to an increase in sales." The change is expected to launch July 10th, 2015. Along with this, IFPI has begun a new initiative called "New Music Fridays," we expect we'll learn more on that in the very near future.

Suge Knight And Katt Williams Sued For Assault And Battery

One day after being named in a wrongful death suit filed by the family of Terry Carter, Suge Knight is now being sued by photographer Leslie Redden whom he and Katt Williams allegedly robbed and battered in Beverly Hills on September 5, 2014. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Suge "quickly and angrily" confronted Redden outside FilmOne Studios, believing she was furtively photographing him and his son. Redden contends that she was not taking Suge's photo. In the suit she claims that he told her he had a "bitch to come beat your motherfucking ass," at which point she attempted to leave only to be accosted by Williams and a woman believed to be his girlfriend. The woman knocked her to the ground as Williams yelled for her to delete the photos of Knight before wrenching the camera from her grasp. Redden alleges she sustained "severe injuries to her neck, back, fingers, wrist, and other parts of her body as well as "great emotional pain and suffering as well as probable neurological and cognitive problems." Read the whole lawsuit here.