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If you still believe in Santa Claus, you might also have expected to wake up on Christmas morning and find an iPod stocked with the long-promised reissues of all the Beatles albums. But if you know the shocking truth about Santa, you probably know that the vaunted Beatles reissues don’t exist either, outside the vaults [...]

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It is about to become a little more difficult to watch music videos by Madonna, Metallica and Kid Rock.
Unable to reach new licensing terms, the Warner Music Group has demanded that thousands of its videos be removed from YouTube, which is owned by Google. Warner Music’s videos, the source of a billion views on YouTube, [...]

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A start-up company called Tapulous has turned a simple game for the iPhone into an Internet-age mobile stage for musicians.
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Tap Tap Revenge, a free game that challenges players to keep up with catchy tunes by tapping in the right spots on the phone’s screen, was available in Apple’s [...]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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.
The move ends a controversial program that saw the [...]

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BOSTON (AP) — The music industry’s courtroom campaign against people who share songs online is coming under counterattack.
A Harvard Law School professor has launched a constitutional assault against a federal copyright law at the heart of the industry’s aggressive strategy, which has wrung payments from thousands of song-swappers since 2003.
The professor, [...]

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Performing in Nashville last month.
BY now Taylor Swift knows how to work all the different digital cameras, [...]

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In a bid to help novice downloaders jump-start their digital-music collections, Universal Music Group is offering “curated” playlists to Dell PC buyers.

The Dell Inspiron now comes with music.
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Starting at $25, selected bundles 50 or 100 DRM-free songs can be added while building a custom PC on Dell’s Web site. The songs [...]

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Facebook is reportedly working on a digital music venture aimed at competing with MySpace Music
An article published in the New York Post indicates Facebook founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg wants to follow in MySpace’s footsteps and offer a digital music store for the number one social networking web site.
Facebook isn’t interested in [...]

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EMI joins other record labels in attempt to offer content directly to consumers
Major record label EMI is set to launch a new online music web portal so it can sell music tracks and videos, along with provide a small amount of free material to consumers.  
The music portal may end up on EMI.com, [...]

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MySpace, which built its music business’ image on being independent, faces dissent from the indie music industry
The MySpace Music service officially launched yesterday.  The site now provides an MP3 shopping solution via Amazon MP3, which offers DRM-free 256 kbps tracks for as little as $0.89.  The new site has the backing of all four major [...]

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