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Big Music's Malaise

The most entertaining part of the 44th Annual Grammy Awards wasn't the "Lady Marmalade" production number that opened the show or Alicia Keys' awkward tango later. It was Recording Academy President Michael Greene's rant about the criminal enterprise of electronic music swapping, a phenomenon that, he warned, threatens the music industry's very existence.

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DVD-A Gets a Kick

At its January CES presentation, Sony announced that this is the year that SACD will roll out big time to the masses. News from EMI/Capitol and Silverline Records would suggest that DVD-Audio may not be far behind, at least as far as available software is concerned.

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Pay to Play

Music publishing organizations such as ASCAP and BMI have long worked out licensing deals with radio broadcasters, who pay royalties in exchange for playing music over the air. A <A HREF="http://www.loc.gov/copyright/">US Copyright Office</A> panel is now suggesting that online broadcasters also pay royalties, this time directly to the record labels, in a recommendation that has so far left all parties unhappy, particularly broadcasters.

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Consumer Lawsuit Victory

In the record industry's <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/news/11261/">ongoing battle</A> against its customers, score one for the consumer. Amid recent industry rumors that Universal Music Group has retreated from its position of adding restrictions to all of its new CDs, a <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/news/11134/">lawsuit</A&gt; over a Charley Pride release has been settled in California, paving the way to alert the public to playback restrictions on discs.

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Nakamichi Seeks Protection

One of the most revered names in the audio industry is seeking legal protection from its creditors. On November 19, <A HREF="http://www.nakamichi.com">Nakamichi Corporation Japan</A> "applied to the court of Japan for a civil rehabilitation," in the words of a company press release on the development, issued the next day. On the 19th, Nakamichi stock closed at &#165;22/share (approximately 17&#162;); the Tokyo Stock Exchange announced that the company would be de-listed effective May 20.

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