BBC News - Prince re-signs with 'slave' label Warner Bros Records - Pop star Prince has a signed a major deal with Warner Bros Records, the label he famously fell out with nearly 20 years ago.

The split was so acrimonious that Prince called himself a slave and changed his stage name to a symbol.

For those of you too young to remember the dispute. Prince rules.

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Pandora might lose all music recorded before 1972 due to copyright infringement | VentureBeat | Media | by Tom Cheredar - At issue is that songs recorded before 1972 — which includes works from The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, James Brown, Frank Sinatra, Marvin Gaye, and Fleetwood Mac — don’t fall under federal copyright protection.

Well, maybe we don't need to discover that music since we already know about it.

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Rumor: Apple to offer hi-res 24-bit tracks on iTunes in coming months - Citing an unnamed source, blogger Robert Hutton claims Apple will launch hi-res audio sales "in two months" to coincide with the release of three Led Zeppelin remasters.

AAC sounds great relative to MP3. But compared to virgin vinyl, not even in the same universe. Which means music distribution is about to gain 1980s state of the art.

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Feature: High-resolution audio - MacNN Forums
We recently attended a Sony launch event for its new high-resolution audio range and where Sony audio guru and Chief Sound Engineer Koji Nageno was on hand to explain the benefits of high-resolution audio. "

Awesome news!

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