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The More Things Change….

The More They Stay the Same, Music Piracy Edition (from Techdirt): Via Boing Boing comes this link to a NY Times article from 1897 (yes, you read that right, not 1987) about the struggle of the music industry against “pirates” … Continue reading

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Performance Royalties Battle on the Hill

From Coolfer: Opposing sides will speak tomorrow before the House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. The issue is H.R. 4789, the Performance Rights Act, which calls for terrestrial radio to pay performance royalties for broadcasting sound recordings. … Continue reading

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