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EU May Block Music Labels' Download Sites

Posted by timothy on from the fettered-and-trammeled dept.

csmiller writes: "The BBC is reporting that the EU is (according to The Sunday Times) considering blocking music-labels setting up their own download sites, as 'Some politicians fear that the two services, Pressplay and MusicNet, would be anti-competitive and unfairly dominate the market.'" I wonder when the idea of a Neighborhood Cache will catch on -- it looks like large-scale digital trading will always be subject to this kind of interference.

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  1. Re:Leave the big record companies alone! by night_flyer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hey Dumbass, its your hard work AND the FANS that Make you Succeed, NOT the record companies...

    why do I smell another N'Suck clone coming on....

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    Thanks to the RIAA, I buy them used...