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...Goes Again," featuring a choreographed treadmill dance routine, was watched by more than 50 million people. But fans were outraged when videos for the band's latest album, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky, were viewable on YouTube - but not sharable. Lead singer Damian Kulash posted a lengthy letter to fans on the band's website, explaining the difficulty. It's a symptom of a struggling music industry, Kulash wrote: like many record companies, the band's label, Capitol, feels obliged to keep tight rein on its artists' music videos as one of their few remaining revenue streams...
...What's the response been from your label and fans since you put this letter out? At last check, all the people I work with regularly at the label seemed to think it was a very evenhanded telling of the story. The loudest online reaction tends to be from disagreers - there are a lot of people out there who think labels are Satan's spawn. It's not only a really simplistic view of the world, but it's one that misses major chunks of how the music industry works. Our fans themselves are expressing a lot of gratitude...
...Year, I find it strange that not a single mention is made of the Iranian protesters. In your online poll, the popular choice was quite clearly oriented toward these freedom fighters. I find it offensive not to have even a mention of them in your editor's letter to the readers. Jacopo Giuntoli, DELFT, THE NETHERLANDS...
...affliction: every once in a while, without warning, he starts to walk compulsively, and he can't stop until he falls down from exhaustion. He and his wife Jane have tried dozens of cures, but nothing works. Then, a quarter of the way through the book, they get a letter from a famous neurologist, an Oliver Sacks type who kindly and compassionately explains how interested he is in Tim's case...
...note, at Notre Dame, The Observer printed a cartoon on Jan. 13 that many considered offensive to the LGBT community. The comic strip has since been discontinued, and Observer Assistant Managing Editor Kara King, who said she takes responsibility for allowing it to run, resigned Jan. 17 in a letter to the Notre Dame community...