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The best things in life are (legally) free

Managing IP Correspondent
November 01 2006

After years of high profile but unpopular lawsuits targeting illegal downloaders, music companies are showing signs of wanting to get off the litigation track and rethinking how they make money from their precious intellectual property. Some are even offering up their closely protected assets for free under new digital business models. Shahnaz Mahmud examines how a downloading website is persuading major record labels to sign up

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