It has come to my attention that the music industry now wants royalties for those 30-second clips of music you hear in iTunes. That, I think you'll agree, is bull@!$%#.

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Illegal downloads and decline in CD sales placed musicians in positions when they have to search for alternative business and marketing model to sell theit music.

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A three-judge panel ruled Friday that Yahoo will not have to pay up every time it plays a song on its Internet radio service, affirming an earlier verdict.

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The music industry's deathwatch kicked off about a decade ago, but it seems the vigil could soon be over.

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"[T]he music industry is growing increasingly diverse as music fans enjoy a wide range of platforms to hear and consume music. Sales of recorded music fell 6% for example, digital was up 50% while physical dropped 10%, but concert ticket sales grew by 13%.

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Jackson Changed Music Forever

The news of the death of the "King of Pop" Michael Jackson rocked the world when it was announced yesterday. Everywhere, fans and admirers of the biggest selling music entertainer are mourning his sudden death at 50.

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The music industry would be in better shape now if it had engaged with Napster rather than fought it. So says Geoff Taylor, head of music industry body BPI, in a column written for the BBC.

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The Performance Royalty Poll

Last night, I was watching Ashton Kutcher's "Punked;" filmed in 2003, he played the most elaborate practical joke on Justin Timberlake - he had the poor, unsuspecting singer convinced that his homes and all of his possessions under seige from the Federal Government due to unpaid  …

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Several items have appeared in the marketplace linked to the sudden emergence of Susan Boyle as a performing star -- webzines, tee-shirts, a bar named a drink after her, etc. Her appeal has posed a challenge to the music industry which has placed far too much of a prmium on look …

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Here's a real scoop -- Susan Boyle is planning to record her CD in Prague. The Czech National Symphony Orchestra will provide the musical accompaniment. The symphony worked with the previous winner, Paul Potts, also.

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Thoughts On Poverty: The Developing Boot Legging Industry of DVDs, CDs, POLL on Poverty

Just recently I saw an animated movie, I think it was "Monsters vs. Aliens." Pretty good movie I think. In fact, it helped me make my day. But later I started thinking about how I saw this movie. It was copied.

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French Parliament rejects music industry pressure to ban music-sharers from the internet.

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Tensions have been high between T-Pain and his father/former manager Shaheed Najm ever since Shaheed was left sitting alone at the negotiating table at Interscope Records in L.A. while his son signed paperwork with Akon's Konvict Music label in Atlanta back in 2005.

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The hipster shops received their branding from billionaire founder Sir Richard Branson and remained profitable, but the real estate firms that own the U.S. chain determined they could command higher rent from new tenants.

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The Isle of Man is dealing with the crime of Internet piracy in an equally novel way: by accepting defeat. Rather than police the Internet for illegal activity, the Isle of Man has proposed a radical new tax of £1 ($1.45) per week that will be paid directly to recording compani …

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Second Great Copycat: The New Face of the Filipino Music Industry?

It was just a usual Saturday morning for me. After doing my daily morning routine, I went up back to my room, looked for my phone, and then, tuned on the radio.

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The group representing the U.S. recording industry said Friday it has abandoned its policy of suing people for sharing songs protected by copyright and will work with Internet service providers to cut abusers' access if they ignore repeated warnings.

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Excerpt: The titles of his albums tell a story: First, Akon was in Trouble, then he was Konvicted. Now, with his current album, the hip-hop star is enjoying Freedom.

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Over the years, thousands of artists and musicians have come and gone, while only a handful seemed to have left a lasting impression on popular culture.

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A Harvard Law School professor filed a counterclaim last Friday against the Recording Industry Association of America that challenges the constitutionality of the RIAA's efforts against those caught downloading music from file-sharing services.

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Franz Ferdinand makes good on its stated desire to produce a "dirty pop" album with "rhythm- and dance-based" songs on "Tonight: Franz Ferdinand," due Jan. 29 via Epic. Here is the track list for "Tonight: Franz Ferdinand:

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US rock band the Foo Fighters have told John McCain to stop using song My Hero in his presidential campaign, saying it "tarnishes" the track. The band said it had been "appropriated without our knowledge".

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Enter North Hollywood-based Pack Central, which runs a mail-order operation for about 50,000 prisoners. It stocks about 10,000 CDs and 5,000 cassette titles.

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It's no secret the Recording Industry Association of America has sued more than 20,000 people on accusations of unlawfully sharing copyrighted music on peer-to-peer networks.

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It seems the music industry's desire to paint OiNK as a criminal network focused on the ruination of the music business, has so far led them to direct the police into arresting users who allegedly pre-released albums, i.e shared albums before their stated retail release date.

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