Today’s headlines, July 16

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Attractive tax incentives intended to lure music industry to Michigan and revitalize Motor City http://twurl.nl/iuk8lm 4 hrs ago
EMI reportedly going on the block and Warner Music is making preparation for a possible bid http://twurl.nl/jfhwy3 4 hrs ago
Division between the two principals may still be still strong but the integrity that was such an important part of the band remains intact. 23 hrs ago
Interesting bit of trivia but Supertramp has yet to ever licence tracks for use in hits anthologies. 23 hrs ago
Amber, Aquarius, Aquitaine, Arc, Filthy Rich, Grand Ent., Mushroom, Much, Nimbus, Solid Gold, Quality, Royalty, Savannah, Smile, Sparton... 23 hrs ago
And on the subject of labels, what a fascinating history it would make to have an encyclopedia of Canadian labels over the years. 23 hrs ago
And on the subject of labels, what a fascinating history it would make to read an encyclopedic history of Canadian labels over the years. 23 hrs ago
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…We need to redefine what kind of copyright we should have, if we should have any type of copyright, which I think would be the best, we’re not for abolishing copyright, we’re just for really major remodelling of it … It shouldn’t be about the money, it shouldn’t be about I have to pay this in order to get this type of information which is kind of what the Scientology church is doing, we should accept now that we have the biggest library ever. We have the biggest biggest library, and it’s so huge and everybody should have a way to use this. And the whole idea of ‘culture can’t be free’ is not the issue. We’re not saying that everything should be free, it should be free and so on, we don’t say that it doesn’t have to be for free, it just has to be free in terms of freedom. — Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde, Globe & Mail

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