RIAA Deploys Ninth Wave Of Pre-Litigation Letters To 19 Universities

Nineteen universities across the United States received a batch of the unsavory “pre-litigation letters” from the RIAA. The letters are part of the trade group’s controversal campaign for students to settle claims before they are named in a lawsuit for copyright infringement. This ninth wave of 411 letters bring the total sent to 3,740. The ongoing initiative comes as federal lawmakers continue to examine the state...

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Apple Expands iTunes Plus DRM-Free Catalog With Independents

Apple announced that it has expanded its iTunes Plus catalog to over two million tracks and lowered the price of all iTunes Plus tracks to just 99 cents. All iTunes Plus tracks feature DRM-free music with higher quality 256 kbps AAC encoding. The iTunes Plus catalog is now the largest DRM-free catalog in the world, and includes artists from Sub Pop, Nettwerk, Beggars Group, IODA, The Orchard and many others, along with EMI’s digital...

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