Did the music industry come up with cool ways to buy and share music on the Internet or was it forced kicking and screaming into them by innovation on the Internet?

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By contrast the Sonos ZonePlayer S5, introduced earlier this month, is built to suck up music from an iTunes collection, Internet radio stations such as Last.fm and Pandora, or subscription music services such as Napster and Rhapsody.

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Apple builds up its Internet content business, aside from the music franchise.

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Takac laments the way high-speed downloading has changed the music industry, but loves how the Internet has given credibility to many up-and-coming artists.

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On the internet, anyone with the nous to set up a server to stream music and who can sign the contracts with the record companies can launch one or many such stations.

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The music companies may be growing up, with enthusiasm for the Internet driven in part by both envy of the success of Apple's iTunes store--which has sold over 5 billion songs since it opened in 2003--and by fear of losing customers to the computer company turned music kingpin.

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The FreedomPop Hub Burst modem and router boasts wireless antennas to boost speeds as well as Ethernet jacks to connect up to 10 Internet enabled devices, including desktops, TV's and streaming music and video players.

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What's holding things up and keeping you from getting all the music you want, instantly over the Internet?

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For them, the ability to upload videos, music and images at speeds of up to 20 mbps will be a highly welcome advantage of Ultimate Speed Internet 120.

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