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Attorney General Investigates Music Price Fixing
An anonymous reader writes "The Guardian is reporting that the US Attorney General has launched an investigation into whether or not record labels are engaged in price fixing of music downloads. From the article: 'The department of justice inquiry centers on the activities of the four largest record labels: EMI, Sony BMG, Universal and Warner Music. Subpoenas are believed to have been issued to all parties, with federal officials understood to be focusing on whether the companies have been colluding to keep the price of downloads artificially high.'"
Anti-trust investigation of a company strong-arming consumers? Delivered to you by the Bush Administration and the evil henchman Alberto Gonzales.
Because, you know, they're in the back pocket of business.
AJAX is bloaty. Digg takes an age to load.
Digg loads instantly my old 1Ghz laptop.
The right tool for the right job. AJAX for news? Why?
Because AJAX allows you to actually watch the live feed of story activity on Digg, and it's the coolest thing you've ever seen. It also allows you to digg an article by just clicking a link and having it happen instantly, instead of waiting for the entire site to reload, which is ridiculous.
Digg users are immature. NO DIGG FAGS
Slashdot users are just as immature. FIRST PROST! Mod down those posts.
Digg comments are a bitch to read through.
No, they're not. You don't really explain what you're talking about here.
The background gradient behind comments is buggy for long comments.
Yeah, and Slashdot's new CSS often puts graphics in front of text on my browser. Bugs will get fixed.
Most front page stories on Digg aren't very good.
And Slashdot's are? Remember Taco's super-long emo angst essay about not getting to use his nick in World of Warcraft? If you want better stories digg up better ones or submit them yourself. You are the editor at Digg.
Too many front page stories on Digg are blog links.
So you rate it as such and it gets removed automatically.
Slashdot users are an older generation of internet users. Digg is all Web 2.0, and we don't get it.
Heh...yeah, I agree with you 100% here.
Lots of front page Digg links are beginner tutorials for css, perl etc. This does not appeal to the Slashdot demographic.
Lots of Slashdot front page links are reviews of tutorial books and such.
Slashdot is about discussion. Digg isn't. They are completely different sites.
No, they are not "completely different sites." Digg has a threaded discussion system now. However, I will agree that the focus is, as it should be, on the news submission and not the blowhard opinions in the comments. Here at Slashdot, you'll find all kinds of misinformation get marked up with nobody to challenge it.
Hey, if you want to stick with the old and the dying, that's fine. This place, in the year 2006, still uses a -1 to 5 moderation scale for a post. It's insane. Digg is where actual new features and innovation are taking place, and already Digg is overtaking Slashdot's traffic. I'm sure you'll move over eventually.
"Sufferin' succotash."