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Don't worry, she basically plagiarized it from Steve Albini. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=79162

(I still find it really satisfying when I google for something I know is true and find myself as the #1 advocate of it on Google -- in this case the search "steve albini courtney love plagiarism")

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Nonsense. The Albini article covers a lot less ground and has far fewer ideas. In particular it says nothing about alternative distribution models or the internet.

OK. I retract the plagiarism accusation.

My belief was that Courtney Love had been influenced by the Albini document (which might have originated as a speech that Courney Love heard) but she brings enough in the way of sufficient new ideas to the table that it doesn't really matter that she doesn't cite her source.

After reading both articles I'm left wondering what wacko liberal definition of plagiarism are you going with anyway?

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