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The Guardian, September 29, 2006
A bitter row between record companies and the writers and publishers of hit records that threatened to derail the growth of digital download services was yesterday resolved at the eleventh hour.
Hours before the case was due to go to a copyright tribunal hearing, several of the parties involved announced a partial settlement that resolved the key dispute between between the record labels and the publishing companies.
The BPI, the British record industry trade body, the MCPS-PRS Alliance that represents songwriters, composers and publishers, Apple's iTunes music store and UK mobile network operators O2, Orange, Vodafone and T-Mobile agreed to a three-year deal.
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