Sales of digital music surpassed disc sales for the first time last year, spurring the music industry’s dawning awareness that this digital thing isn’t going away. Executives at Universal Music Group (home of Gotye, Kanye West, Lady Gaga and numerous other hit makers) and EMI (for whom the Beatles are one of many cash cows) told the U.S. Senate last week that they need to merge in order to complete the transition. Meanwhile, a blog post by a 20-year-old National Public Radio intern pointed out the obvious: For the most passionate music fans, the transition is ancient history.
When the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee met Thursday afternoon to discuss
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