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Court To Record Labels: Your "Rules" About Reselling Promotional CDs Are Bogus

Tony Sachs | Posted 06.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Federal District Court, Promotional CDs, Busta Rhymes, CD Sales, Independent Record Stores, Trey Augusto, Nycd, Warner Music Group, Major Record Companies, Mariah Carey, Universal Music Group, Sal Nunziato, First Sale Doctrine, Ebay, Record Stores, Business News
Tony Sachs

If record companies really expect these people to not sell their freebies online or to used record stores, then they're even stupider than they seem.

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Elvis Costello: This Week's Reissue

Sal Nunziato | Posted 01.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Universal Music Group, Elvis Costello, This Year's Model Reissue, Cds, Diana Krall, Music, Entertainment News
Sal Nunziato

With CD sales at an all time low, and downloading at an all time high, I would like to know what is Elvis Costello thinking by reissuing a CD at the retail cost of $24.98?

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More Music Layoffs: A Dozen At DefJam

Silicon Valley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 12.03.2007 | Business

Read More: Universal Music Group, Greg Thompson, Rob Stevenson, Paul Pontius, Def Jam, Warner Music Group, Sony BMG, Business News

Unfortunately for employees at big music labels, it looks as if we're going to be hearing this refrain for a while: Universal Music Group's Island Def...

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