# Nashville vs. Piracy

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 31, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-vs-piracy/552116 "2010-08-31T12:26:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-vs-piracy/552116/1 "2010-08-31T12:26:02Z")

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My Yahoo! home page gets local news from (usually) four sources to add to the headlines that are more national or international in flavor. This morning’s include

[http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/commerce-secretary-music-industry-needs-new-business-model](http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/commerce-secretary-music-industry-needs-new-business-model)  
Commerce secretary: Music industry needs new business model  
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 1:13am

which is a good example of how one of the “neighborhood newspapers” in our area is getting the news.

The meat of the story may be something to bat around here. Maybe not. But it’s worth knowing about.