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• UK arrests owners of popular music blog, threatens its readers with jail time

  thewall.com.au | 12:28 am Feb 15, 2012

  • The UK government has shut down RnBXclusive, a site that posted links to music alongside news and commentary
  • Both the owners and users of the site are in legal trouble, the owners for providing illegal content and the users if they are found to have downloaded it
  • Cases similar to this have been dismissed in the past because the accusations were based on information from music industry lobbyists - specifically, the claim that downloading harmed musicians' careers, which some have called "unsupported propaganda"

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  torrentfreak.com | 11:54 pm Feb 14, 2012

  As part of a criminal investigation the UK Government has shut down the popular blog RnBXclusive which posted news, commentary and links to music. Authorities have arrested the owners of the site for allegedly defrauding the music industry. In addition,…

• UK Law Enforcement Starts Seizing Music Blogs

  slashdot.org | 12:00 am Feb 15, 2012

  Grumbleduke writes "From Dajaz1 (a site that is no stranger to unjustified copyright takedowns) we learn that the popular R&B website rnbxclusive.com (warning: threatening message on site) has allegedly been seized by the Serious Organized Crime Agency, a…

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