Michael Jackson’s Entire Music Back Catalogue Stolen By Hackers – Michael Jackson’s back catalogue has allegedly been stolen from Sony Music by hackers, it has emerged. More than 50,000 music files, most of which were by the late pop legend, are said to have been illegally downloaded. [guardian]

Publishers Take On News Monitors Over Royalties – A showdown is looming between magazine and newspaper publishers and media monitoring agencies over a new copyright licence that forces the latter to pay royalties for the content they replicate. Royalties would significantly increase the costs for companies in gathering data for marketing and business intelligence. [businessday]

Bheki Cele Wins First Round – The first day of the Bheki Cele inquiry laid bare major holes in the testimony of the state’s star witness yesterday when it was revealed that the controversial R1.67-billion police headquarters deal was fast-tracked on the basis of assumptions and not instructions. [timeslive]

ANC Policy Papers Show Discontent For World Bodies – The United Nations, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) must be reformed, according to an ANC discussion document on international relations. [mail&guardian]

Internet Startup Wants To Re-Sell ‘Second-Hand’ Digital iTunes Music – If you’ve ever wondered how much money the thousands of songs in your iTunes library might be worth, the answer until now has been: basically nothing. But a legal battle currently under way could change all that — if a tiny new startup called ReDigi prevails in its fight against the record giant EMI. They want to build an online market for “used” or, its preferred term, “pre-owned” digital music. [thedaily]

SA Demands Reforms In Zimbabwe Before Polls – South Africa on Monday dismissed a push by Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe for new polls without long-delayed reforms required by the country’s unity deal. [mail&guardian]

Thousands Of Russians Challenge Putin’s Win – Thousands of protesters chanting “Russia without Putin” took to the streets of Moscow on Monday to challenge Vladimir Putin’s victory in a presidential election which international monitors said was unfair. [ibnlive]

Videos Show Ballot Box Stuffing In Russia [Video] – Despite Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s claim to have won the Russian presidency in an “open and honest battle” last weekend, international watchdogs have found “serious problems” with the election, according to the Associated Press. [huffers]

Obama And Netanyahu Discuss Iran – President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday they stand together in their efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, but Netanyahu warned that time for diplomacy was running short. [cnn]

Feadship Unveils Superyacht “Qi” Concept – At the 2012 Dubai show, Feadship will showcase the latest Feadship Future Concept called Qi (scale model only) which was unveiled at the 2011 Monaco Yacht Show. The 56 meter (183.75 ft) concept yacht is named after the Asian concept for the life force that’s presumed to surround and flow through all creation. [luxuo]

Condoms Now Required For Los Angeles Porn Actors – Actors in many of the adult films made in the US’ porn capital must use condoms under a law that took effect Monday, but the prophylactic police aren’t yet on the case. How they will enforce such a regulation once they do begin enforcement is anyone’s guess. [associated]

The US Demands NZ Hands Over MegaUpload’s Kim Dotcom – Kim Dotcom, the German-born enigmatic founder of file-sharing website Megaupload, is wanted by the U.S. for extradition from New Zealand. The U.S. officially requested New Zealand send Dotcom, whose birth name was Kim Schmitz, along with three other Megaupload employees to American shores (and courts). [mashable]

Nude Pictures Of Christina Hendricks And Olivia Munn Leaked – Well, if there’s one thing that seems certain these days, it’s that any celebrity worth their salt is gonna have their private photos leaked to the internet. Today’s additions to the line up of leaked celebs: the incredibly sexy (and never nude) Christina Hendricks and Olivia Munn. [fleshbot]

Jersey Shore’s Snooki Is Pregnant And Engaged – More congratulations are in order for Nicole (Snooki) Polizzi. In addition to welcoming a tiny meatball to the world, the “Jersey Shore” star is also now engaged to boyfriend Jionni LaValle, a source confirmed to People. [nydailynews]