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Unlimited Music Download Service to Combat Piracy

British Internet broadband provider Virgin Media has announced a deal with the Universal Music Group, one of the biggest record companies in the world, which involves launching an unlimited music download service. Virgin Media customers will be able to download any song or album in the Universal catalog for an additional monthly fee. Online piracy has seriously crippled the business of record companies over the past decade and they have long claimed that it is getting out of control. Meanwhile, the public has argued that the music giants are not flexible enough and are unable to adapt to the new distribution medium that is the Internet. T... [read more >>]


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