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iFive: Amazon's Cloud Music, Twitter's Spam Retweet, Facebook's Politicos, Beatles MP3 Fines, Nokia Sues Apple...Again

Our round-up of the early news helps you catch up on what's been happening in tech and innovation.READ»

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BlueBeat Brings Out Free, Streaming iPhone App, Record Company Lawyers Rejoice

BlueBeat, the Murph and the Magic Tones of the digital age, has brought out an iPhone app, says Music Ally. It's free, it streams your music, and it's probably got the record labels' lawyers sharpening their pencils in anticipation. ...READ»

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Hank Risan on BlueBeat's $20 Million Gamble...on 25-Cent Beatles Tracks?

Bluebeat founder Hank Risan says he sank $20 million into an effort to revolutionize digital music delivery. But he flushed it all the day he offered Beatles tracks for a quarter a pop, a judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge John ...READ»

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Beatles Label EMI Slaps Former Huffington Post Blogger, BlueBeat Owner With Federal Lawsuit

Get your Beatles downloads from BlueBeat.com while they're hot--as in stolen, according to a federal copyright infringement lawsuit filed against the site and its owner by EMI records, which distributes the Beatles music, in Los ...READ»

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BlueBeat Defiantly Selling Beatles, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin Right Now for Cheap

Download site BlueBeat seems to have looked squarely in the eye of litigious record label legal eagles and various judges who've sided with them--then figuratively dropped trou and shot 'em a moon.READ»