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<title>UK orders Internet providers to block The Pirate Bay</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/30/uk.demands.pirate.bay.be.screened/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/ipodnano6-4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The UK's High Court decided in favor of ordering The Pirate Bay blockeD on Monday.  Internet providers in the country must prevent their users from getting usual access to the site.  The measure followed a November call from the music industry's Britsh Phonographic Industry to voluntarily block the site....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK: digital music surges 24%, not enough to offset CD losses</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/ipodnano6-4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) published data showing the rapid rise of digital music on Monday while simultaneously making its familiar complaints about the perceived effect of piracy.  Downloads from iTunes and similar stores grew a fast 24 percent in 2011 over 2010 to 26.6 million.  As in past years, the tally wasn't yet fast enough overcome the decline of the CD market, which dropped ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RIAA to shed more staff in "bloodbath"</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0812/riaaold.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The recent budget cuts that have the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) cutting its staff are more pronounced than initially expected, says a Friday Hypebot report. Due to an increased number of people purchasing digital songs online, the RIAA's role of suing individuals for illegal file sharing is reduced, with the music labels that fund the organization cutting the budget significa...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>British music sites back MP3 Compatible logo</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0811/mp3comatibleintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A new logo meant to promote legal music download sites and emphasize the fact the files contained on the sites can be played on any digital audio player has been backed by seven of Britain's largest music download sites, according to a Tuesday BBC report. Designed by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA), the logo will mean customers can play the purchased files on PCs, Macs and portable m...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Virgin Internet to trial piracy tracking in UK</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/virginmedia.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Virgin Media today said it will be the first Internet provider to experiment with actively combat pirated content distributed across its network.  The UK broadband firm has agreed to a test project that will scan for illegal copies of music and other media across the service.  The monitoring will follow a three-strike rule that will see users receive a letter for a first violation; a second violat...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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