Aging rockers set to lose rights on early hits
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When finance minister Gordon Brown  stands up to make his pre-budget speech next week, aging  rockers Cliff Richard, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones might  do well to tune in.
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New royalty rates may doom many small stations and the struggling musicians who depend on them.
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Rock bands have long prospered by living - and selling - images of hard living and brash poses. But sex, drugs and rock &#39;n&#39; roll are no longer enough. The definition of cool for some acts now includes mobile phone ringtones.
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When a band sells 3 million copies  of its first album, its members might expect to celebrate with  a few drinks.
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The Rolling Stones became the latest big name act to turn its back on troubled music giant EMI after rivals Universal Music Group announced it would release the veteran British rockers' next album.
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Roll over Sid, and tell Joe Strummer the news: whereas the kind of British musicians who attracted words like &quot;alternative&quot; were once duty-bound to affect a mixture of rage, debauchery and indolence, their modern heirs are a terrifyingly well-adjusted
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The expansion of the online marketplace is now all but forcing the music companies to tread on ground they once viewed as off limits.
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The news that the Dixon&#39;s group is to stop selling the venerable VCR is the end of an era. As with the launch of Dire Straits &#39;Brothers in Arms&#39; CD in the early 1980s which was seen as the tipping point between
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Top-selling bands The Beatles, Oasis, U2 and Westlife go head-to-head in the album charts.
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By PAUL REVOIR  IT'S 40 years since they were shaking the world in their mop-top prime.   But the Beatles could soon be topping the charts again after the ending of a legal battle which could pave the way for legal downloads of their music.
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From heroes to '00s: Crowded House and the members of Velvet Revolver try to reclaim the glories of their 1990s heydays.
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Just a few years ago, when teens dominated the pop charts, to be a singer of a more senior age &#151; say, about 30 &#151; was something to be downplayed or outright omitted on one's musical resume.
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Old rockers want a little respect nowadays. They yearn to be inducted into the Rock&#39;n&#39;Roll Hall of Fame. Some even think they can help sell presidential candidates.
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Somewhere in the earliest part of  the 21st century, it became obvious that a profound paradigm  shift had taken place in the relationship of rock&#39;n&#39;roll and  music licensing. With the end of the rock era (1965-1994), the  rules began changing just as fast as the technology.
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Phil Spector may soon have to face the music in court.
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Avril Lavigne faces legal action from a 1970s rock band who claim she has ripped off their song.
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Music sales as we know them take another step toward obsolescence.