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  • The Last 5 Years (2002 Off-Broadway Cast)

    • 10 out of 10
    • Jason Robert Brown
    • The soundtrack to this moving off-broadway musical is heart moving. The lyrics follow a couple in a relationship for five years, one point of view going forward in time, and the other tracing time fr
  • Supermodified

    • 10 out of 10
    • Amon Tobin
    • The genius is in the beats. Amon Tobin creates fantastic, groovy beats behind beats. "Supermodified" rolls through your expectations of breakbeat music, and turns them up a bit. It's a mellow album, p
  • The Wall (Deluxe Packaging Digitally Remastered)

    • 10 out of 10
    • Pink Floyd
    • Okay, someone had to say it, and though others on the iPO staff are more qualified to review this album, I decided the time was now. This is the quintessential concept album. Though others came before
  • Pressure Chief

    • 6 out of 10
    • Cake
    • Pressure Chief, Cake's latest album, didn't immediately grab me. In fact, it took perhaps half a dozen listens before I started truly enjoying it. Any

  • Guero

    • 10 out of 10
    • Beck
    • Beck is the modern master of the groove, and Guero is merely the latest example of this. From the opening power chords of "E-Pro," to the Pac-Man cuteness of "Girl," to the dirge-like lullab

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Sony Gets Sued Over Digital Royalties, Plans New Assault on iPod

Sony this week was hit with a class action lawsuit over digital music downloads that several artists say have been underpaid. A senior executive with the company also said on Thursday that it plans a renewed assault on the iPod with a new MP3 player, as well as a download service and software.

The class action lawsuit was initiated by the Allman Brothers Band and Cheap Trick, according to Macworld UK. The bands accuse Sony Music of not paying the full royalties due to them through the sale of their music at the iTunes Music Store and other online sites. They say that the company has skirted around its contract by treating digital downloads the same as physical CD sales, which means they're deducting a flat rate for broken product and packaging charges.

The bands are looking for millions of dollars in damages.

Meanwhile, Sony Music's parent company is readying a new MP3 player that will be sold worldwide sometime during its next fiscal year, which ends in March 2007. A Macworld UK story said that Sony senior vice-president Takao Yuhara told Tokyo reporters that the company will also debut a download service and software.

Sony said that it sold 4.5 million MP3 players during its recently-ended fiscal year and expects to ship 5.5 million during the current year. Apple sold more than 22 million iPods during the past two fiscal quarters alone, in comparison.

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