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UK Music Industry’s Own Economist Says Revenue Up 4.7%!
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| Consumers spent less on recorded music, down 6% since 2007, but concert
| ticket sales have grown by some 13% as the industry as whole slowly evolves
| and adapts to digital distribution.
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http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86724/uk-music-economist-says-music-industry-revenue-up-4-7/
RIAA File Sharing Trial Begins — Update
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| The RIAA has issued about 30,000 lawsuits during its nearly 6-year-old
| litigation campaign against file sharers. Most have settled out of court for
| a few thousand dollars. The record labels have said they are ending the
| campaign, and are now working with ISPs in a bid to disconnect repeat music
| file sharers.
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/riaa-file-sharing-trial-starting/
Pirate Bay co-founder denies MPAA allegations
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| Also in the filing, the MPAA asserts that Reservella is just a front.
| Reservella is the company based in Seychelles, an island nation northeast of
| Madagascar, that The Pirate Bay founders say owns the site. The studios
| maintain Reservella is controlled by Neij, but Kolmisoppi denied this.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10298254-93.html
Hollywood demands shuttering of Pirate Bay
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/28/hollywood_demands_shuttering_of_pirate_bay_website/
Recent:
Nesson responds to OSC re taping; claims labels seek to 'distract and sap the
energy...of those they oppose'
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| Harvard Law School Professor Charles Nesson today responded to Judge Nancy
| Gertner's Order to Show Cause regarding his practice of taping opposing
| counsel and posting the results to the Internet with a "declaration" denying
| all wrongdoing and accusing the plaintiffs in the Joel Tenenbaum case of
| seeking to "distract and sap the energy, and resources and reputations of
| those they oppose."
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http://copyrightsandcampaigns.blogspot.com/2009/07/nesson-responds-to-osc-re-taping-claims.html
Harvard Prof Calls RIAA Lawsuits “Unconstitutional Abuse of Law”
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| Charles Nesson writes an op-ed piece explaining why RIAA lawsuits targeting
| file-sharers is an abuse of the legal process, and that the real problem is
| the tension between “our antiquated copyright laws and the social reality
| of ‘digital natives,’” those that have grown up immersed in a digital world.
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http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86315/harvard-prof-calls-riaa-lawsuits-unconstitutional-abuse-of-law/
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