It's also pretty clear that President Banda's office has handled a messy situation with staggering ineptitude.

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It's a messy situation that isn't going to get solved any time soon, especially given how much money's at stake, so maybe we should all just switch to Ogg Vorbis and save ourselves a lot of trouble?

ENGADGET: Fight over who owns MP3 gets messier and messier

As the lockout continues, players are affected not only by their loss of income but by a potentially messy situation under which their home countries may seek to tax income earned during the lockout, which would include income from investments, endorsements and their 2011-12 NHL escrow payment, which was made in October and amounted to nearly 8% of their 2011-12 salary.

FORBES: NHL Lockout Creates Tax Residency Issue For Players