I see the motivations line up as follow: TC reasons to lie: generate traffic, personal animosity TC risks by lying: libel lawsuit last.fm/cbs reasons to lie:

I see the motivations line up as follow: TC reasons to lie: generate traffic, personal animosity TC risks by lying: libel lawsuit last.fm/cbs reasons to lie: cover up alleged activity which would be in violation of EU law last.fm/cbs risks by lying: bad PR (but compare that with an admission of guilt) Based on motivations alone, I think TC would have be insane to fabricate this story.