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At the risk of fueling the fire, Apple has now responded to our Wednesday report relating to a near-term shutdown of its iTunes music download offering. The denial represents a rare move for a company that a... Read More...

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Want better payouts from YouTube? Then stop accepting lower payouts from YouTube. It's really that simple. The music industry is often accused of promoting 'brain drain,' engaging in constant infighting, off... Read More...

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Smartphones are slowly supplanting desktops when it comes to almost every form of music piracy.  But this is a lot more complicated than just shifting screens. Last week, Digital Music News delved into the q... Read More...

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Last year, research group MusicWatch shared data with Digital Music News that showed 53 million Americans actively pirating music content.  But even more shocking was how they were doing it. Instead of torre... Read More...

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Prince was a tireless and tenacious crusader against exploitation by record labels, streaming services, ISPs, and Google.  But is Prince's war now dead? Just hours after Prince's death, Google constructed a ... Read More...

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