| Online music piracy hits record | |
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| Internet music piracy is riding at record levels and is set to rise as newly emboldened consumers revolt against high online prices and controversial technology designed to prevent digital bootlegging. Read more… |  | |
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Apple says iTunes sales
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| Apple Inc. says sales at its online music store iTunes have topped 3 billion songs. The company, which makes the market-leading iPod digital media player, said iTunes recently surpassed Amazon.com Inc. and Target Corp. to become the third-largest music retailer in the United States. Read more… | | |
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| Local loop price terms released | |
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| The Commerce Commission has issued its draft determinations on the price and non-price terms on which Telecom must make unbundled copper local loop and co-location regulated services available to other telecommunications providers. These are the services required to unbundle the local loop. The local loop is the copper telephone wire that runs from a Telecom telephone exchange to an end-user’s premises. Unbundling of the local loop will allow other telecommunications providers to ... | | |
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| Study: Internet censorship spreading | |
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| | State restrictions on use of the Internet have spread to more than 20 countries that use catch-all and contradictory rules to help keep people offline and stifle feared political opposition, a new report says. Read more… | | |
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