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Thursday, March 13, 2008

Thursday Run Down


  • Having failed to stop piracy by suing internet users, the music industry is for the first time seriously considering a file sharing surcharge that internet service providers would collect from users. (Check it)
  • Sueing Napster was the record industry's biggest mistake...(No Really)
  • I have received a few comments about my story talking about Trent Reznor being a genius, because without his labels in the past he never could have done what he did, but readers must understand, NIN is not a huge act anymore. They are none as a fringe act, meaning they were once big but can't sell out a small sized arena. Reznor has made $1.6 million in sales and had over 700,000 transactions. That's more than Justin Timberlake after a month of album sales. (Read a great article on this extremely smart guy)
  • Here is a list of peeps that have pissed off the IRAA enough to go to court....Star Wars style...


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