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InternetNews January 11, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Sony BMG Opens DRM-Free Content to Amazon Sony BMG's move gives Amazon a new boost in its quest to upend iTunes, but where do the record labels' priorities' really lie?
Home Theater August 16, 2007	DRM Kills Google Video Downloads In what surely must be the worst-case scenario for digital rights management, Google has informed purchasers of its video downloads that they will no longer play.
Reason December 2003 Nick Gillespie	Music Meltdown Ever since Napster mainstreamed unauthorized sharing of copyrighted materials, record labels have been singing the blues -- and for obvious reasons. But a good chunk of the decline stems from the music biz's own actions. It has steadfastly raised prices on CDs while releasing less new music.
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BusinessWeek July 1, 2010 Grover & Satariano	The Fall of Music Downloads Music streaming services are taking their toll as downloads to iPods, computers, and other devices plunge.
PC Magazine November 14, 2007 Dan Costa	The Music Wants to Be Free More musicians are using the Net to cut the record labels out of the loop. It isn't just unknown bands any-more, but the megastars the labels depend on. And there isn't a damn thing the industry can do about it.
PC Magazine November 28, 2007 Eileen Travers	Digital Music: Changing the Game Musicians are bypassing record labels, but the industry is fighting back.
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InternetNews March 3, 2006 Ed Sutherland	NewProbe of Online Music Underway The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed that the department's antitrust unit is looking into the four largest record labels and possible "uncompetitive practices" of music download pricing.
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InternetNews September 25, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	Amazon Now Hawks MP3s, Targeting iPod Crowd Amazon's new MP3 music store features what the company characteristically calls "Earth's biggest selection" - over 2 million songs from more than 180,000 artists, represented by over 20,000 major and independent labels.
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InternetNews July 2, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Universal, Apple Set To Play Chicken The Universal Music Group, the largest of the four major record labels and a subsidiary of Vivendi SA, is reportedly trying to change the terms of its contract with Apple for selling digital music through the iTunes store.
The Motley Fool April 7, 2004 Alyce Lomax	The Death of Dollar Downloads? If dollar music downloads go away, some good, old-fashioned rock 'n roll rebellion could be cooking.
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InternetNews December 24, 2003 Roy Mark	DOJ Ends Antitrust Probe of Online Music Justice concludes marketplace has resolved early questions of possible anti-competitive behavior of major music labels.
InternetNews December 15, 2005 Roy Mark	Merry Christmas From The RIAA The music industry dropped 751 copyright-infringement lawsuits in the mail today, bringing the total number of legal actions this year against alleged peer-to-peer infringers to more than 7,000.
The Motley Fool November 8, 2005 Tim Beyers	Hollywood Won't Grok Grokster As a federal court shuts down Grokster, Hollywood declares victory. Now all Apple needs is a fraction of those downloads to keep a stranglehold on the digital music market and sow fertile ground for an iMovie video store.
BusinessWeek March 29, 2004 Larry Armstrong	E-Tune Shopping With downloading now legit, online music stores have similar catalogs. It's the extras that set them apart.
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InternetNews December 4, 2007	Universal to Offer Free Music With Nokia Phones The world's largest music group Universal and the world's top mobile phone vendor Nokia said on Tuesday they would offer free, 12-month access to Universal's music for buyers of Nokia music phones, starting from the second half of 2008.
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