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Davey_and_Joe--large-msg-1133892604-2.jpg As controversy swirls about iTunes upping the price for DRM-free, higher resolution songs (don't you just love buying the same song in vynl, CD, 128kbps digital then 256kbps digital format?), UK indie band The Crimea is showing the way - or at least blagging a lot of exposure - with its decision to offer its new album "Secrets of the Witching Hour" as a free download from its website. Well done, lads. In IT speak we'd call that seeding the market.

BBC screams, loses plot YouTube
bbc%20man.jpg While we're on new media hijinx, The Observer chronicles who The Church of Scientology turned the tables - or at least the cameras - on BBC journalist John Sweeney. Church creepies caught Sweeney losing his temper, then posted the clip on YouTube, complete with a smarm voiceover. It's a primal scream that defies description. Turn the volume up and workmates will think somebody is being killed in your office.

Sweeney's camp have now posted a rival clip on YouTube, explaining how he got so wound up. Deep breaths, everybody.

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