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GRAMMY-winning composer John Barry will be honored with the World Soundtrack Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award during the Ghent Film Festival Oct. 21 in Belgium.
A new study by Université de Rennes found the number of people accessing music illegally outside of P2P networks in France has increased 27 percent despite the implementation of the three-strikes Creation and Internet Law this past September.
Facebook.com accounted for 7.07 percent of all Web traffic in the United States from March 7–13, while Google.com accounted for 7.04 percent of all traffic, according to a report from global information services company Experian Hitwise.
Warner Music Group is in discussions with a joint venture between German media group Bertelsmann and private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. regarding making a potential bid for EMI Group.
Royalties earned by British songwriters, composers and music publishers increased 2.1 percent to $937.5 million in 2009, according to PRS for Music.
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In celebration of everyone's favorite green day, we offer our green-tinted GRAMMY St. Patrick's Day playlist. Which artists do you listen to on St. Patrick's Day? Drop us a comment and let us know who your picks are.
BBC survey also shows most online users support unregulated Internet
