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Bronfman slams Apple copyright stance
Edgar Bronfman, Warner Music’s chief executive, slapped down Steve Jobs’s suggestion that record companies do away with copyright protections for digital music in order to spur the market’s growth.
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On climate change and good sense

The implication of Sir Nicholas Stern’s report is that people who put less weight on the future than on the present are beyond the pale, writes Samuel Brittan.