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The article reports on the impact of the deadly crash on March 23, 2014 on the South by Southwest Music and Media Conference in Austin, Texas. The crash involved alleged drunken driver Rashad Charjuan Owens, who was booked with two capital charges and 23 counts of aggravated assault. The accident happened while musician Kurt Vile was playing on a stage.

This article reports that the controversy surrounding Sony BMG's copy-protection CD software has intensified, with the state of Texas and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filing lawsuits against the world's largest music label. Texas' Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act, makes it illegal to create deceptive file names or formats that avoid detection or prevent consumers from removing the software.

Reports on lawsuits filed by the surviving family of rock'n'roll legend Buddy Holly against MCA Records, two members of Holly's band, and a co-executor of the estate of the musician's manager and producer in Texas state court. Allegations that nearly 40 years of fraud, forgery, theft, and deception has cost them millions in royalties; Family members, including Maria Elena Holly, Larry and Travis Holly, and Pat Holly Kaiter.

States that Wilbur Rimes, the father and former manager/producer of singer LeAnn Rimes, filed a countersuit against his daughter's company, LeAnn Rimes Entertainment Inc. in Dallas, Texas. Details of both lawsuits in which fees are the issue; Court date set for May 2001.

Presents news briefs for the gospel music industry as of July 1, 2000. Details of a performance recorded by singer Kirk Franklin at a Houston, Texas church; Details of a lawsuit filed by singing group, the Family, against Gospo Centric Records; Plans for the Shirley Caesar Outreach Ministries' conference; Others.