Beaverton woman wins $108,000 against recording industry Posted: 5 months ago by maxriter
An Oregon federal magistrate has awarded nearly $108,000 to a Beaverton single mother who said the recording industry falsely accused her of illegally downloading music.
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5 ideas to save the music industry Posted: 12 months ago by 2manyusernames
We all know that the traditional music business is a dying industry. The records companies and artists need to make changes to their business methods. Here are 5 business plans that might do the trick.
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Music Piracy Crackdown Nets College Sophmore Posted: 1 year ago by VooDooPeacock
At first she thought the email was a scam - something called the Recording Industry Association of America threatened to sue her $3,000 for illegally downloading some old 80's tunes and Spice Girl songs.
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$50 Per Year from Every Music Fan Would Save Music Industry Posted: 2 years ago by charbarred
Cambridge-educated economist-... (Pink Floyd, The Clash, Ian Dury And The Blockheads, Billy Bragg) Peter Jenner put a figure on how much each music fan who buys music would have to pay in order for access to every song ever recorded while maintaining or increasing music sales.
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Chinese Internet addict kills mother over money Posted: 1 year ago by DrNothing
A teenage boy in southern China, "heavily addicted" to the Internet, killed his mother and severely injured his father with a kitchen knife after he was refused money to go to a cybercafe, state media said on Thursday.
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The end of the recording industry is nigh Posted: 2 years ago by pedestrian
This week the UK charts will start taking downloaded music sales into account. One independent band is poised to enter the top 40 and make history.
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Woman Accused Of Attacking Roommates With Turkey Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
A woman in Seffner is accused of attacking her roommates with a hammer and a turkey. (Not much of a story but it is Florida)
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 82 [+].
Speeding car flies into Oregon apartment, kills 2 Posted: 9 months ago by muppet
A car speeding 100 miles an hour launched into the air, flew across a road and slammed into a Beaverton apartment in a fiery crash Thursday night.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 80 [+].
Woman Accused of Setting Fire Over Keys Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A woman was arrested and charged with arson and burglary after police say she set fire to the home of a neighbor she thought had stolen her keys.
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Woman mistaken for man wins suit Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
A woman kicked out of a women's toilet after a New York City restaurant mistook her for a man has settled her discrimination lawsuit for $US35,000 ($37,116).
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Homeless Paris woman carried nearly 70,000 euros Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Social workers in Paris were astonished to find more than 68,400 euros (94,250 dollars) on a homeless woman when they moved her off the street last week.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 89 [+].
Texas woman wins a free funeral at baseball game Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
Elaine Fulps was unusually happy for a woman who just got her funeral all lined up. Maybe that's because the 60-year-old Arlington woman who just won the funeral in a promotion at a minor league baseball game won't need to cash in her prize any time soon.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 306 [+].
Naked woman accused of hammer assaults Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A woman who police say assaulted people with a hammer while she was naked was arrested on a variety of charges, including assault and obstruction of emergency communications.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 103 [+].
Woman wins right to smoke in her garden Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Sweden's Environmental High Court has given the green light to a woman who wants the freedom to smoke in her own garden. Update on this story.
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Woman raped, saw son die - then jailed Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
A woman who was trafficked across the border from Pakistan with her son, 3, was handed to an Afghan who raped her, then beat the toddler to death as she watched.
He was jailed for 20 years for murder - but the woman, Rukhma, was jailed, too.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 625 [+].
Sergeant Wrestles Snake, Rescues Woman Posted: 6 months ago by dollyllama
Nelson saw the woman was in grave danger and feared for her life. But as he pulled out his knife in preparation to save the woman, matters got more difficult.
She pleaded with Nelson not to injure the snake.
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Woman accused of cutting off parrot's leg Posted: 11 months ago by Proverb
This woman is accused of stealing a baby parrot and cutting off its leg to remove a store tag.
I'm sure there's some pirate out there that would love to have a one legged parrot.
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Jury penalises music file-sharer Posted: 12 months ago by Ross
"A court in the US has ordered a woman to pay $222,000 (£109,000) in damages for illegally file-sharing music.
The jury ordered Jammie Thomas, 32, from Minnesota, to pay for offering to share 24 specific songs online - a cost of $9,250 per song."
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 120 [+].
Musicians to Extend Copyright from 50 to 95 Years Posted: 8 months ago by mahler87
Music performers could see a big boost to their lifetime earnings under planned changes to music rights proposed by the European Commission.
Because thats just what the world needs: richer rock stars [read recording industry].
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 192 [+].
Men's room graffiti profitable for woman Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
An Australian woman who was the target of lewd graffiti posted inside the men's room at her workplace has been awarded $20,000 damages for the affront.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 68 [+].
81 Year Old Woman Pleads Guilty to Murder Posted: 2 years ago by tlovesd
A white-haired 81-year-old great-grandmother who was rolled into a Newport Beach courtroom with her wrists handcuffed to a wheelchair Thursday became possibly the oldest person in Orange County history to plead guilty to first-degree murder.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 10 [+].