Ramone versus Ramone

Richie Ramone - or Richard Reinhardt as he's known to the authorities - is pulling an Eminem, and testing the theory that record companies and download agencies have to get the permission of credited songwriters as well as recording owners before making downloads available. He's suing WalMart, Apple and Johnny Ramone for a slightly ridiculous sounding million bucks, claiming he never gave permission for six songs he co-wrote to be made available for download.

Of course, if these claims are successful in court, it's going to make legal downloads hideously complicated to organise, which ultimately would be brilliant news for Bittorrent advertisers.