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		<title>iTunes vs. Amazon.com Digital Music &#8211; $1.29 vs. $0.99 &#8211; M4A vs. MP3</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the resident geek, my part-time job is providing computer tech support to family, friends and neighbors.&#160; One of the most common questions they ask me is: “What’s the difference between digital songs that cost $1.29 on iTunes and $0.99 on Amazon.com?” And being the smartass that I am, my stock answer is: “30 cents” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kiss Talks About Music Piracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The remaining original Kiss band members, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, discussed with USA Today their first new album in a decade.&#160; The album Sonic Boom, released yesterday exclusively at WalMart, is a three-disc set with a CD of re-recorded hits, a live DVD of a Buenos Aires concert, and 11 new songs.&#160; It’s only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Industry Wants Fees from iTunes 30-Second Free Previews</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a move that will only reinforce the public’s view of a greedy music industry, a consortium of music industry groups has begun lobbying the U.S. Congress to receive what they believe is their fair share of revenue from online music performances.  This includes fees for the free 30-second song samples that feature their work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple iTunes Rewards its Honest Customers with a Big Fat Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of my friends don’t pay for their music.  Sure, they’ll buy and receive CDs for birthdays and Christmas.  But when they hear a song on the radio that they like, they simply download it for free from one of the hundreds of peer-to-peer, torrent or pirate networks. These friends enjoy access to the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AC/DC&#8217;s New ASCII Rock Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AC/DC is an interesting, anachronistic mix of classic rock and modern marketing.  The band refuses to sell its extensive music catalog on iTunes or other music services because the band members feel the album is an art form that must be preserved.  Yet the band released its new CD exclusively at Wal-Mart.  This strategy apparently [...]]]></description>
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