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Refund Checks Coming on Music Price-Fixing Suit
More than three million music consumers in 40 states will begin receiving refund checks starting Friday from the settlement of a lawsuit against the five major music companies and three music retailers, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said Thursday.
The $13.86 checks represent individual shares of a $67.4 million settlement [...]

Music ‘In the Toilet’
Randy Jackson is a hero. And it’s not just because the music-industry veteran — who is a judge on “American Idol” — has given a lot of great advice in his Hyperion book, “What’s Up, Dawg? How to Become a Superstar in the Music Business.”
He is not afraid to rock the boat [...]

Saudis: No Jews Welcome
Rep. Anthony Weiner, a frequent critic of United States policy toward Saudi Arabia, said Thursday that the Middle East country’s new visa policy outlined on a tourist Web site should be quickly condemned by American officials.
The Web site, promoting a new Saudi program to offer tourist visas to encourage more foreign visitors, [...]

DeCSS Ruled Not A Trade Secret
Last month, realizing they were going to lose the case, the folks in Hollywood tried to back out of their case against Andrew Bunner, who they had sued for simply posting a copy of the (widely available) DeCSS code on his website. However, Bunner asked that the court continue the [...]

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Fictional Google Redesign
“How Would You Redo the Google Interface?” Four designers share their (re)visions.

(Wired.com)

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Get This Album
When DJ Danger Mouse decided to combine raps from Jay-Z’s “The Black Album” with music from the Beatles’ legendary “White Album” to create “The Grey Album,” he didn’t have permission from either side to do it — and he didn’t care.
“I intended for it to be for friends and for people who knew [...]