... competition unwilling to follow their "industry standards." Article I. The RIAA has Exercised Vertical and Horizontal Restraint of Trade on the Industry to Inflate CD Prices In an August 2000 lawsuit, 28 states plus the commonwealths of the Northern Mariana's and Puerto Rico accused that the Big Five "colluded ... that the industry's "Minimum Advertised Price" policy may have cost U.S. consumers an extra $480 million over the past three years, while the average CD price has risen 41% over the past five years." Article II. The RIAA has Defrauded Artists of Even the Possibility of Recoveri...

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... owner. This is called a license. Once a piece of music is created then documented or recorded it is automatically copyrighted by the songwriter (not performers), for example on video, tape or CD or simply writing down the notation of a score. PRS for Music Limited is a UK copyright collection society and performance rights organization undertaking collective rights management for musical works A music publishing ... ...

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... an outlet for all the kids who want to rebel against the preppy styles that have overwhelmed the malls. They can get all of their "gothic" embellishments as well as CD's of their favorite artists who fit the genre. Once again, teenagers fail to realize that even Hot Topic is run by executives who market the products, record companies that publicize ... ...

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... an outlet for all the kids who want to rebel against the preppy styles that have overwhelmed the malls. They can get all of their "gothic" embellishments as well as CD's of their favorite artists who fit the genre. Once again, teenagers fail to realize that even Hot Topic is run by executives who market the products, record companies that publicize ... ...

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... . They are the international organization responsible for global copyright protection and enforcement. The basically fight overseas piracy by encouraging governments to identify and warn infringers. The IFPI mainly targets illegal CD manufacturing plants and develops automated anti-piracy technologies for the Internet. As with the RIAA, the IFPI also engages in litigation against violations. The consumer-sponsored mp3.com is a good ... ...

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... " which may result in so called "free advertising by getting editorial content into newspapers and TV/radio news reports. They will also produce promotional videos and/or other multimedia products (CD ROMs or DVD products), "plugging" the song/album and video (a plugger tries to get maximum airplay of the song/video by placing directly the product into the DJ or TV ... ...

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