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The Register - Music and Media
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Biting the hand that feeds IT
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P2P soars, licensed music flatlines
Today is a good day to die download
Freeloading music is more habit-forming than paying for legal downloads, according to polling in the UK.?
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RIAA ordered to shell out $100k for P2P witch hunt
Pigopolists pay for 471 hours
How many work hours does it take to fight off a false accusation of copyright infringement from the Recording Ass. of America??
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Wake up and smell the Doritos? - Avril Lavigne's manager
Mmm. Doritos.
Copyright is over, and musicians should make themselves as pretty as they can for big brand advertisers, says top music manager and label boss Terry McBride.?
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Top-slicing the Beeb: Clueless execs get busy
Smelling the Ovaltine, swirling down the drain
Some quangos, like jellyfish, seem to be able to reproduce asexually. It's what they live to do. What this means is that without any contact, parthenogenesis occurs and they simply spawn off a little version of themselves, which may grow as large as its parent. Britain's uber-regulator Ofcom, I learned this week, definitely falls into this class. I just hadn't realised how badly it longs to plop out lots of baby Ofcoms.?
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When flash mobs go bad
Facebook water fight soaks up thousands of pounds of damage
An open invitation on Facebook to hold a massive water fight in Leeds has resulted in thousands of pounds worth of damage to its prize winning public garden.?
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