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HP launches digital music venture in Europe

(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. said Monday it was partnering with U.K. mobile music startup Omnifone Ltd. to launch a subscription music service on its personal computers in Europe, moving into a market dominated by Apple Inc.'s ...

Eminem publisher takes Apple to court over rights

(AP) -- An attorney for Apple Inc. defended the company's use of Eminem's songs on iTunes in court on Thursday, as a trial got under way to determine who had the right to offer digital downloads of the rapper's music.

Lawyer: Song swapper on trial doing `what kids do'

(AP) -- A Boston University graduate student was "a kid who did what kids do" when he swapped songs through file-sharing networks like Kazaa, his lawyer said Tuesday as his copyright-infringement trial began.

Universal teams with TuneCore to discover talent

(AP) -- Universal Music Group's distribution arm is teaming up with digital track distributor TuneCore, a move it says will give it a leg up in signing up-and-coming artists without a recording deal yet.

Last.fm to start charging some music users

Last.fm, which provides music to online users like a jukebox, will start charging fans outside Britain, the United States and Germany from the end of the month, the London-based site's co-founder said.

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