Judge backs 50 in lyrics-copyright suit

50 Cent could have partied like it was his birthday Friday. A Miami judge ruled that the rapper, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson, didn't cop the lyrics to his own 2003 breakout "In Da Club" from 2 Live Crew frontman Luther Campbell's "It's Your Birthday."

US District Court Judge Paul Huck said the only similarity between Campbell's song, "It's Your Birthday," and "In Da Club" was a "common, unoriginal, and noncopyrightable element of the song," according to the Associated Press. "In Da Club," about three and a half minutes long, features an introduction that switches the lyrics "Go Sheila, it's your birthday" to "Go shorty, it's your birthday." Other than that phrase, the two songs contained no other musical similarities, and no "reasonable person" would confuse the two, the judge added, denying Campbell copyright protection.

The lawsuit was brought in January by Lil' Joe Wein Music, which owns the rights to Campbell's "It's Your Birthday."

Grateful Dead bassist reveals he has prostate cancer

Phil Lesh, the former bass player in the Grateful Dead, has revealed he has prostate cancer--a diagnosis that has moved him to advocate for organ donation. Lesh said in a post dated October 26 on his Web site that his "crack team of doctors," assigned to him after the musician underwent a liver transplant, noticed an increase in his levels of prostate-specific antigen, an indication that prostate cancer could be present. After receiving a biopsy, Lesh learned the cancer diagnosis was accurate.

"Since we've caught it very early, and it's small and slow-growing, I fully expect to have a rapid and complete recovery," he said.

Lesh also recommended men to have their doctors monitor their levels of prostate-specific antigen levels and urged everyone to "become an organ donor to help save lives." Lesh said the diagnosis hasn't brought him down. "I am feeling energetic as always," he said, "and all my scheduled appearances will occur as planned."

Rolling Stones reschedule New Jersey show

A series of health-related mishaps caused the Rolling Stones to cancel a handful of concert dates earlier this year, but the band will make up at least one of those shows soon. The aging rockers will perform in Atlantic City, New Jersey, show on November 17 at the 12,000-capacity Boardwalk Hall Arena in Atlantic City, the arena announced on its Web site.

Frontman and singer Mick Jagger in August experienced a short bout of laryngitis that caused the band to cancel two shows in Spain. The European portion of the Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang tour was also delayed for over a month to allow guitarist Keith Richards to heal after head surgery. The guitarist had fallen out of a coconut tree while in Fiji. The November 17 date in Atlantic City is also part of the band's A Bigger Bang tour, the year's highest-grossing tour in the world.

Who live-concert broadcast online

The Who is taking its generation to another level: The famous British band has "handpicked" 14 songs from its recent US tour to be streamed on AOL Music's Web site.

Guitarist Pete Townshend provided the Web site with a written reflection on each song. "The final version was recorded in an overnight session," Townshend said of "My Generation," perhaps the band's most famous tune. "Funnily enough we nearly didn't use the song, but [former comanager] Chris Stamp championed it so we stuck with it through its various incarnations and different arrangements in demos."

Townshend and singer Roger Daltrey are the only two original members of The Who still alive. Drummer Keith Moon died in 1978, while bassist John Entwistle died unexpectedly in 2002 while the band was prepping a tour.

The 14 songs, listed below, can be streamed individually or as one complete concert:

"My Generation"
"Mirror Door"
"The Seeker"
"We Got a Hit"
"You Better You Bet"
"Who Are You"
"Fragments"
"Baba O'Riley"
"Endless Wire"
"Black Widow Eyes"
"Man in a Purple Dress"
"Mike Post Theme"
"Pinball Wizard"
"Won't Get Fooled Again"