• MySpace artist Tila Tequila removed her Hoooka widget after MySpace told her it violated her user agreement, which brought to the nation's attention the competition between third-party widgets at social networking sites. (New York Times)

• More Tequila: Her "modest" iTunes sales are a blow to her MySpace-based business model. (Digital Music News)

• Jersey City, New Jersey police made a drug bust at Block Royal Records yesterday. Twenty-three people were arrested and two pounds of cocaine and heroin were confiscated. (NJ.com)

• Douglas Lichtman, a lawyer on Viacom's legal team that has sued Google, has an opinion piece in today's Los Angeles Times. "Providers of a new technology will often be tempted to attract a customer base by allowing copyright infringement. ... To counteract this, the law must demand reasonable precautions both at the design and operational stages of a technology." (Los Angeles Times)

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