The E.U.'s CULT committee, responsible for on helping shape EU policy on issues related to culture and education, has decided not to include amendments drafted by the international recording industry trade association IFPI in the final draft on their report on Cultural Industries. The report is intended for adoption by the European Parliament as EU policy.
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its all about global price fixing which is why region codes are stamped onto films (except hd-dvd), credit cards are blocked from orders just as the RIAA/Soundexchange forced on apple's itunes store, and many other web sites to force ppl to only be able to order from their own territory.
Quote:Last week, Sony made minor news (call it a newslet) by finally joining the Release a Tiny Portion of their Music Catalog as MP3s Party, becoming the final major label to sell music without DRM. This week, Sony announced the details of their new Musicpass service, and it just may be the dumbest idea ever to come from Sony, which is saying a lot. Want to download a song via Amazon or iTunes? Nope, because that would actually make sense. Instead, you?ll have to schlep down to a bricks and mortar store and buy a Platinum Musicpass gift card for $12.99 or $19.99, take the card home, scratch off a little strip, go to the Musicpass site and input the code heretofore hidden by said little strip, and then download the songs and ?exclusive bonus content.?
musicpass (sony's new digital distribution url) blocked in the uk, new store opening soon albums priced at £12.99 did they just forget to recalculate or is there a typo with the $ & £ signs as i'm sure digital distribution costs exactly the same, and man look at the prices, you may as well purchase the real CD, someone is making a killing out of this new method of less product for the same price or more as most of the albums can be found in bargain bins!
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