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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…