Toss bootleg charges
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A federal judge yesterday tossed out bootlegging charges against a Chelsea record-store owner accused of trafficking in underground recordings of live concerts.
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Keep an eye on Shuffle Master, but don't ante up just yet.
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I saw an ad in yesterday's NY Times that offered the complete New Yorker magazine archive, including all the cartoons and ads, going back to 1920-something for a bit more than the hard disk would cost. The ad was from J&R, the company that makes the product is Pexagon. $149. Sounds like there might be DRM. I asked for something like this from the music business. A hundred gigs of popular music for $500, all pre-installed on the disk without DRM.  Someone at the New Yorker had this idea too? It's a good one. Bulk content for collector types. Another source of revenue. I want to run my own personal radio station, so having every song of a certain genre or from a certain period makes the diff.
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A judge has struck down a law which bans the sale of bootleg recordings of live music in the United States. Judge Harold Baer Jr, sitting in New York, dismissed charges against a Manhattan-based record dealer which had been brought under the law.
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The music industry's trying to use the current legal system to get around decisions made by legal systems past, says InfoWorld's Robert X. Cringeley. The upshot? We're all thieves -- yes, you too.
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Punches have been exchanged, video played and, now, charges filed.
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File-swappers in Britain are to be taken to court for trading tracks over the Internet. The crackdown by the British Phonographic Industry is the first of its kind in the UK, although the
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Now shows can be recorded without anything physical to record them on. The same goes for music. The days of tape-cassette&#39;s are long-gone, but CDs could be on their way out, too.
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Back in Napster&#39;s controversial days of illegal file-swapping, Metallica led the charge against digital piracy that was running rampant on the site. Fast-forward a few years and witness the rise of individual recording artists once again taking action against illegal use of their musical masterpieces.
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Music fans are miffed about a court decision that says musicians must get permission to sample tunes even if the remix bears no resemblance to the original. An activist group is sponsoring a remix project based upon the clip in question. By Katie Dean.
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Â· Company accused of circumventing bribery lawÂ·  Firm accuses ex-manager of taking kickbacks
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Sir, The Nelson Mail's glib and inapt title on a June 23 article "Nappies and compost cause a stink'' is inappropriate and obviously was penned by a philistine.   Compost should never "stink'' if made properly.
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A big U.K. retail chain drops the 3.5-inch disk for good. How long until the United States follows? Plus: Tell us about your bizarre ringtones. In Gadget Lab.
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An Australian pleads guilty to fraud after posing as a dispossessed Nigerian to cheat people of their money. Also: eBay penalizes its own con men & hellip;. Microsoft's legal woes not quite over & hellip;. and more.
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F-bombs away! Fans of open-mic celebrity blunders rejoice!â¦
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A few "harmless habits" can rob you of buckets of cash over time. Here's how to win back your money ... and sanity.
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By Jim Puzzanghera  WASHINGTON  --  As new high-definition televisions fly off store shelves, millions of old sets soon could be flying into the trash.