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INDIES: STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
07/12/2008
Merlin, the global rights body for independent music, is planning to use the fourth quarter to strike content deals with leading online music services and to ensure that indies have a place at the negotiating table.
Indies have long railed against the barriers to entry that exist in the mobile and online spaces, but Frank says he can understand the views of large Web sites and carriers.
Wind-up Records' billing and licensing pact with Verizon Wireless is the only such deal among indies with a major U.S. wireless carrier (Billboard, June 28).
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