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“Piracy Is Progress” Billboard on Times Square Divides Artists

Piracy is progress, piracy is freedom, piracy is harmless, piracy is inevitable, piracy is robbery, piracy is evil, piracy is selfish, or is it a fad? The statements above are displayed on one of...

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Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 Net News No Comments

Katy Perry, Rihanna sign ad attacking Pandora for copyright proposal

Katy Perry. Flickr user: José Goulão More than 100 prominent musicians have signed an open letter attacking the Internet Radio Fairness Act. The legislation would change the process used to set royalties for...

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Thursday, November 15th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Universal Music Buying EMI – An Anti-Trust Concern?

Universal Music is trying to convince anti-trust regulators that buying EMI does not create anti-competitive concerns. Critics argue that having 41% control of the music market (ala 'super-label') is cause for concern for...

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Monday, June 25th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Beastie Boys Albums Downloaded Massively Following Member’s Death

R.I.P Adam Yauch Beastie Boys – the American hip-hop band from Manhattan/Brooklyn – have suffered the loss of their member and founder of Oscilloscope Laboratories – Adam Yauch on Friday (4th of May...

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Friday, May 18th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Splash.FM, Social Network for New Music, Opens to the Public

Social music discovery platform helps users discover exciting new music to share with family, friends, and others officially launches in Public Beta. Near the start of this year I mentioned Splash.FM , a...

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Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 Net News No Comments