U2 manager slams Internet providers

 
Chasing Pirates: McGuinness likens ISPs to 'shoplifters' -- U2 manager Paul McGuinness launched a blistering attack on the world's Internet providers Wednesday, accusing them of strangling the music industry. [link]

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