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20 hours ago ago from Keep It Trill - News & Features
While the major record labels were dragging file-sharers and BitTorrent sites to court for copyright infringement, they were themselves being sued by a conglomerate of artists for exactly the same offenses. Warner, Sony BMG, EMI and Universal face up to $6 billion in damages for pirating a massive 300,000 tracks. It is no secret that the major record labels have a double standard when it comes to copyright. On the one hand they try to ...
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It is no secret that the major record labels have a double standard when it comes to copyright. On the one hand they try to put operators of BitTorrent sites in jail and ruin the lives of single mothers and students by demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, and on the other they sell CDs containing music for which they haven’t obtained copyright permission. In the past we’ve covered many disputes between artists and labels, ...
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major record dragging file-sharers BitTorrent sites court copyright infringement, themselves being sued a conglomerate artists exactly same offenses. Warner, Sony BMG, EMI Universal face up $6 billion pirating a massive 300,000 tracks. secret major record a double standard comes copyright. one hand try operators BitTorrent sites jail lives single mothers students demanding hundreds thousands dollars fines , sell CDs containing music haven’t ...
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Mike McCready - The Huffington Post By Mike McCready Click here to read Part I It's not show friends . It's show business . Bob Sugar (Jay Moore): Jerry McGuire (1996) What will happen to the major labels ? The labels were only ever going to survive as long as they remained the powerful gatekeepers between the artists and a mass audience. To the artists, they are like bouncers at an exclusive nightclub ...
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20 hours ago ago from Good News Now
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