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		<title>Kotaku Shop Contest: Guitar Hero William Hung</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Osama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a few weeks of either not liking the shop contest of the week (another ad placement?) or just not having the time, I&#8217;m back in business with a new entry! Hope you like this one as I actually am a big fan of Mister Hung. If not of this music, then at least of [...]


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		<title>U2 Gets Political at Obama Inauguration Concert</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shadi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before launching into &#8220;Pride (In The Name Of Love,&#8221; the band&#8217;s tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.,) Bono noted that the crowd was gathered on the mall where King delivered his &#8220;I Have a Dream&#8221; speech. &#8220;Let freedom ring. On this spot where we&#8217;re standing 46 years ago Dr. King had a dream. [...]


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		<title>Music in Games, who should pay for it?</title>
		<link>http://towardsmecca.com/2008/11/25/music-in-games-who-should-pay-for-it/</link>
		<comments>http://towardsmecca.com/2008/11/25/music-in-games-who-should-pay-for-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Osama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of months ago a music executive said that royalty rates for songs used in video games are &#8220;paltry&#8221; and a game executive replied by saying that really, the music companies ought to be paying the gaming companies for promoting their songs. This argument could really be applied to any license, music or not. [...]


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		<title>Canadian Idol&#8217;s answer to William Hung!</title>
		<link>http://towardsmecca.com/2008/06/10/canadian-idols-answer-to-william-hung/</link>
		<comments>http://towardsmecca.com/2008/06/10/canadian-idols-answer-to-william-hung/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Osama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Move over William Hung, there&#8217;s a new King of Idol in town! Yesterday&#8217;s Canadian Idol had one of the most memorable performances in my humble opinion! Khuram Sher won everyone&#8217;s hearts with his heart-felt singing and well-practiced dancing as he performed April (sic) Lavigne&#8217;s song Complicated! He made the judges explode in laughter more than [...]


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		<title>Professional Artists: A thing of the Past?</title>
		<link>http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/16/professional-artists-a-thing-of-the-past/</link>
		<comments>http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/16/professional-artists-a-thing-of-the-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Francois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The previous post ended with a very valid question about the possible end of Media Ownership: Is it a good thing or a bad thing? For that I have no answers, only guesses and weighted assumptions. As my friend said in the previous post, the end of corporate control over the music world can (mostly) [...]


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		<title>Media Ownership: A Thing of the Past?</title>
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		<comments>http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/15/media-ownership-a-thing-of-the-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Osama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since MP3&#8242;s, WinAmp, Napster, iPods and the like, the Music industry has been in trouble. Fewer people are buying Music CDs and more are downloading songs and albums. The Recording Industry sees declining revenues year in and year out. They&#8217;re also not the only ones complaining. Both the PC and Console game markets are seeing [...]


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