Interesting Links for 7-11-2011

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• Judge Declines Universal Music Group's Bid to Dismiss Class Action Over Digital Revenue | Billboard.biz
  'A federal judge in California is allowing a big class action lawsuit to go forward against Universal Music Group that alleges the record label has underpaid royalties on digital downloads and ringtones. Spearheaded by Rob Zombie and the estate of Rick James, the consolidated class action seeks damages that could rise to the billions of dollars.'
  (tags: music money law interesting )
• bart_calendar: Breaking News!
  'The GOP primary contest was thrown into chaos today when presidential hopeful Tywin Lannister, Lord of Casterly Rock, Shield of Lannisport and Warden of the West, announced that frontrunner Herman Cain is not actually an American citizen.'
  (tags: agameofprimaries amusing politics America fiction parody )
• News of the World hired investigators to spy on hacking victims' lawyers | Media | The Guardian
  'The News of the World hired a specialist private investigator to run covert surveillance on two of the lawyers representing phone-hacking victims as part of an operation to put pressure on them to stop their work.'
  (tags: notw WTF Murdoch lies journalism media interesting )