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...record label, playing empty clubs for $50 a night. But after two years of soul-crushing obscurity, something strange happened: people started going to the band's shows. The crowds were small but enthusiastic, and concertgoers told the same story: they'd found the group's songs on the Internet. Then in 2003 the producers of The O.C. called - the band didn't even have a website, and a major television show had heard them online. Two years, one record-label switch and thousands of illegally downloaded songs later, Death Cab for Cutie had a gold album and was regularly...
...mention a guy who says he's bought only four albums since 1998. But then you have stories about bands like Bright Eyes and Death Cab who make it big because of the Internet. This seems contradictory to me. I intentionally included that guy in my book to indicate that for some people, [stealing music] is really out of hand. This guy has clearly exploited the system. The flip side of the model is you have people who listen to a sample, like it and buy it. Just because a listener downloads a piece of music doesn't mean...
...these difficult economic times, rich shoppers with cash to burn have been forced to ditch their Prada or Saks bags after long days of binge buying. But concealing conspicuous consumption is getting old. The solution, as always: the Internet. Where else can consumers buy outrageously priced crap without anyone knowing...
...picture of the flu viruses circulating in pigs and other animals as we do of human flu viruses, we might have seen H1N1 coming. (When it comes to sniffing out new pathogens, says one epidemiologist, "we're like a drunk looking for his keys.") Faster genetic sequencing and the Internet give us the technological means to create an early-warning system. But we need to spend more on animal health and get doctors talking to their veterinarian counterparts. "For too long, the animal side of public health has been neglected," says Dr. William Karesh, vice president of the Wildlife Conservation...
...publications seeking to keep their content free, the Internet has provided the perfect medium...