Maybe you’ve heard that Rapidshare, everyone’s most/least favorite multi-petabyte hoster, was ordered to remove $34 million worth of content, and faces a potentially huge fine by order of a German court.
Could this injunction be painted as a victory of the small, artisan download blog (ahem) versus the corporate feed farm of file sharing? Probably not, [...]

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By now you’ve hopefully seen the Guardian’s recent study that proved music “pirates” are ten times more likely to buy music than people who don’t download music illegally. The good folks at Discontent tipped us off about this article in their lovely review of Kissing/Samba Party.
But damn, ten times more likely? Does this have to [...]

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