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Music Industry Blaming Google For Piracy

Since the knockdown of the proposed SOPA and PIPA acts to combat online piracy, music industry execs are mulling other ways to stop people from pirating music from their artists….

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RIAA Speaks Out Against Net Neutrality (Again)

The RIAA and other music industry lobbyist organizations have weighed in on the Google-Verizon proposal in the form of a letter to Eric Schmidt. Their position? Any proposal must allow…

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Fewer Americans Buy Music In 2009, Recording Industry Panics

A new NPD study is out saying that the American recording industry had 24 million fewer customers in 2009 than it did in 2007. Now this is only a measure…

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Judge Lowers Penalty For Music Piracy In Thomas-Rasset Case

Late last year, the RIAA won a case against Jamie Thomas-Rasset; she downloaded 24 songs, and the courts found that she had to pay $1.92 million in damages, around $80,000…