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Submission + - Going Digital Means Missing Music (nwsource.com)

Submitted by arlanTLDR on Monday August 13, 2007 @01:53PM

arlanTLDR writes: The Seattle PI is running a story about how the MP3 format is a sign of a musical apocalypse. Apparently many top music producers are "howling" over the fact that files in a compressed format contain "less than 10 percent of the original music on the CDs". Is this just sensatiolist FUD, or is there something to the assertion that listening to an MP3 is like hearing music "through a screen door"?

Submission + - UW says it will aid RIAA (thenewstribune.com)

Submitted by arlanTLDR on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @01:33PM

arlanTLDR writes: The University of Washington announced that it will not only comply with the RIAA, it will outright aid them in finding students accused of illegal file sharing. A letter from the Vice Provost for Student Life sent to all students indicates that "The University has been notified by the RIAA that we will be receiving a number of these early settlement letters. After careful consideration, we have decided to forward the letters to the alleged copyright violators."

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