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...with that of artists, leaders and heroes will be difficult. Even with the luxury of historic hindsight, it's hard to gauge who had the most effect. (Pop quiz: Who had more lasting influence in the 16th century, Shakespeare or Martin Luther, Magellan or Michelangelo, Elizabeth I or the Mogul leader Akbar...
Piracy of entertainment content on the Internet is a growing pain in the wallet for artists and executives in several huge industries. Just ask any music mogul who has fretted over the explosion of copyrighted songs that have been pirated and made available for free in the MP3 format on the Net. The rise of emulators could present an even more insidious problem. For one thing, annual sales of video and computer games, at $6.3 billion, have surpassed those of recorded music and even movies ($6 billion). And piracy hits the games industry harder, undercutting sales of both consoles...
...music mogul should love this picture: frat boys and their dates at the University of North Dakota dancing on a beer-slick living-room floor to music blaring over a p.a. system. They are, after all, the music business's target demographic--18-to-24- year-olds in touch with the trends, loving the latest tunes. Yet this archetypal collegiate partyscape has turned into a music-biz nightmare. That's because no one is paying for the music...
...role model," rapper-mogul-aspiring-NBA-player Master P says. "But I see myself as a resource for kids. They can say, 'Master P has been through a lot, but he changed his life, and look at him. I can do the same thing.' I think anyone who's a success is an inspiration...
Last week New York mogul ABE HIRSCHFELD was charged with trying to have a former business partner killed, the latest twist in a career pockmarked with wild unpredictability. A brief resume...