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More Copyright Infringement

Posted on: January 10, 2010

While Alejandro Fernandez sues Sony for an estimated $4 Billion in Mexico, a coalition of Canadian Artists are suing members of the Canadian Recording Industry Association.
Between $50 million and $6 billion may be owed to musicians and artists in Canada, but not from your run-of-the-mill file sharers. The Canadian recording industry itself is being accused [...]

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In The Name Of Profit

Posted on: December 21, 2009

So Rage Against the Machine get the Christmas No. 1 then.
Respect to whatever marketing exec that came up with this campaign eh. Over 500,000 copies sold. Even at 20p a hit, that is about £100,000 of pretty much all profit. A great day’s work really.
Here is Biffy Clyro covering said song. It’s quite amusing when, [...]

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Makes John Barnes Look Good

Posted on: November 28, 2009

Har durr!

I near shit masel.
Here. Cleanse your palette.

Via Pop Cop

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White Blank Page

Posted on: October 3, 2009

The Toad point us to this rather lovely video for Mumford & Sons’ White Blank Page (right click and download if you have problems streaming the file).
The long wait for their debut album is nearly over, it’s out on Monday.

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Record Companies

Posted on: October 3, 2009

This really does grip my shit (to quote a colleague with an ear for the vernacular).
And you just know there is a record company lawyer behind this.

We’re sorry. There are no albums available for download in your country (United Kingdom) at this time.
I’m afraid you are wrong about that sir. These albums are plenty available [...]

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