20 April 2009

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Ripblock helps dance labels beat piracy

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 03:39 AM PDT

A new digital anti-piracy company called Ripblock.com aims to curb the tide of illegal downloading and mp3 sharing sites in the dance music sector. By targeting "files at the root of the problem" they hope to significantly reduce the spread of copyright content over the web. Ripblock's policy of 'going after the source' is quite different to the 'sue the illegal downloader' approach adopted by major labels in the past. It might just work for independent dance labels.

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Wolfgang Gartner does a Daft Punk

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 02:49 PM PDT

Wolfgang Gartner had his tongue firmly in his cheek when he made 'Push & Rise', a new track that emulates Daft Punk's robot-voice-driven electro with ease. It ain't exactly innovative in sound, or have the flair of the Frenchmen's music, but 'Push & Rise' will surely fill floors faster than you can say ‘I love vocoders’.

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