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#Apple cheats... again # ! as It is trying its own music label... http://www.thestreet.com/story/12729035/1/apple-should-hire-taylor-swift-start-its-own-record-label.html

(Apple lies... again. It is trying its own music label... http://www.thestreet.com/story/12729035/1/apple-should-hire-taylor-swift-start-its-own-record-label.html)

" Andy on November 12, 2014 C: 0 Breaking Spotify's Daniel Ek has poured fuel onto the raging Taylor Swift controversy. While explaining how less availability of Swift's music will lead some to obtain it without paying, Ek labeled rival Grooveshark a 'pirate' service. Now Grooveshark is biting back by reminding Ek that he was once the CEO of uTorrent. " # ! what a bad memory... # ! ... for not to say #disloyal #competence, # ! ... or morbid envy of others success # ! ... where the first one failed... [# ! Or the fiasco of many so-called legit music services with their limited music supply: a few bucks in royalties will never compensate the broad exposition of artists through 'irregular' sites...]

" Andy on November 12, 2014 C: 0 Breaking Spotify's Daniel Ek has poured fuel onto the raging Taylor Swift controversy. While explaining how less availability of Swift's music will lead some to obtain it without paying, Ek labeled rival Grooveshark a 'pirate' service. Now Grooveshark is biting back by reminding Ek that he was once the CEO of uTorrent. "

[*more "Intellectual Property" paranoia... 'suing fans is how musicians want to make a living...?] "I'm sure by now you've read about how Team Swift has been on a trademarking rampage, filing phrases from her most recent album such as "This Sick Beat""

[*more "Intellectual Property" paranoia... 'suing fans is how musicians want to make a living...?] "I'm sure by now you've read about how Team Swift has been on a trademarking rampage, filing phrases from her most recent album such as "This Sick Beat""

"Por Maud Sacquet Por Paula Ortiz López Comentar | 12.08.2016 En los últimos meses, la industria musical ha denunciado repetidamente el "value gap", que podemos traducir como "déficit o brecha de valor", a través de entrevistas o cartas abiertas firmadas por artistas musicales de la talla de Taylor Swift o, en España, Joaquín Sabina y Alejandro Sanz. Según la industria de la música, este oscuro concepto ha sustituido al antiguo espectro de la piratería como una de las principales amenazas para la subsistencia de los artistas. Incluso algunos Parlamentarios Europeos -incluyendo españoles- han firmado una reclamación similar. "

" Andy on June 21, 2016 C: 132 Breaking A coalition of 186 artists, bands and songwriters have penned an open letter to Congress complaining about the ineffectiveness of the DMCA. From Taylor Swift, Trent Reznor, deadmau5 and U2, to Sirs Paul McCartney and Elton John, the message is clear: The DMCA allows tech companies to make huge profits while artists and creators suffer."

"Submitted by Gijs Hillenius on July 16, 2014 ( Cancel rating Poor Okay Good Great Awesome ) 5/5 | 1 votes | 63 reads | Public administrations across Europe continue to discriminate in their IT calls for tender by asking for specific brands and products, concludes OpenForum Europe, and organisation advocating for an open, competitive ICT market. "Thousands of small IT firms are excluded from competing in the public procurement process by restrictions such as the naming of trademarks in calls for tender", said Graham Taylor, OFE's CEO, in a press statement."

"By guest blogger Taylor Lambert and Kevin Erickson In the age of on-demand streaming, it's common to hear people talk about music as "limitless"- something that flows forth endlessly like water. "