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Nine Inch Nails' latest album "The Slip" hit retail stores last week, but devoted fans have owned the tracks for months, and for free. In May, the band released the album on its website with a note from lead singer Trent Reznor. "Thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years -- this...

According to Rolling Stone magazine, mega-retailer WalMart has put the screws to the music industry in an attempt to force reduced prices for music CDs. As sales of this music format continue to plummet (down 15% in 2007), the store has demanding a sharp reduction in price, threatening to stop...

If you're a college student, you absolutely must sign up for Ruckus.Here's the deal: it's completely free to sign up and you can download as much music as you like (They have just about everything!) for free.The catch? You can't burn stuff onto CDs or iPods etc. But if you're cool with listening to...

The entertainment industry seems ready to admit defeat in its attempt to bludgeon the music and video-consuming public into giving up their file sharing habits. Despite thousands of lawsuits against students who download "free" content via sites such as Pirate Bay, the industry is still carping...