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6 hours ago ago from Steve Beasant

Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary is abolishing an exemption for charities from music licensing rules, which will hit them with huge bills for holding events with recorded music. Village hall dances and other charity fundraising events face a new £20 million tax after the Business Secretary scrapped an opt-out which allowed organisation to play music. Community groups claim they would be forced to abandon hundreds of services ...

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The five legal cases that defined the year in music (Reuters)

12 hours ago ago from WikiMaze.Com

Reuters Almost a decade after the major labels launched their legal assault on Napster, courts are still writing the rules of the road for the music business's digital future.

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Keith Jopling: 2010 might be time for the industry to face the music and dance

21 hours ago ago from MIDEM(Net) Blog

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