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Random Music News for July 2, 2014

*Sigh* Back to work. But at least it’s already Wednesday, right?

  1. A new look at sampling, creative commons and copyright: where do things stand today?
  2. A good look at the $6 billion EDM industry.  Yes, six BILLION.
  3. Media, technology and the innovator hegemony.  What?
  4. Here’s an analysis of celebrity fashion statements seen at Glastonbury this year.
  5. Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley gets back to making music.
  6. Someone hit the Bob Dylan motherlode.  What’s this stuff worth?
  7. Weird Al is back.  Eight videos will be premiered over eight days.  Details here.
  8. Argentina’s music industry lobby website hacked and turned into Pirate Bay proxy.

Alan Cross

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